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An eloquent narrative of the great man's dinner-table diplomacy, this sumptuous volume is an intellectual treat for all admirers of Churchill.

A friend once said of Churchill “He is a man of simple tastes; he is quite easily satisfied with the best of everything.”

But dinners for Churchill were about more than good food, excellent champagnes, and Havana cigars. “Everything” included the opportunity to use the dinner table both as a stage on which to display his brilliant conversational talents and to argue for the many policies he espoused over a long life.

In this entertaining book, Stelzer draws on previously untapped material, diaries of guests, and a wide variety of other sources to tell of some of the key dinners at which Churchill presided before, during and after World War II.

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December 11, 2013
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6 x 1 x 9 inches
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“To Churchill, meals weren't just a matter of getting something to eat. They were social occasions which he used to cement alliances and sway opponents.”
- The Wall Street Journal

“These meals, and even white-linen picnics for generals in France after D-Day, are chronicled in Dinner With Churchill.”
- The New York Times

“A delightful and fascinating book.”
- Andrew Roberts, author of The Storm of War

“A delicious tribute to Churchill’s heroic appetite for wining, dining, and politicking.”
- Ben Macintyre, author of Operation Mincemeat

“A feast for foodies and history buffs alike, Dinner With Churchill offers a delicious portrait of the culinary tactics that helped Churchill end the global conflict that threatened to destroy everything he held dear.”
- The Richmond TImes Dispatch

About the Author

Cita Stelzer received a BA degree from Barnard College with a major in history, worked in educational publishing, and has been a stringer for the Financial Times. She founded a public relations firm in New York City and served as special aide to Mayor John Lindsay and to Governor Hugh Carey before joining an economic consulting firm specializing in regulatory policy.

She is an Advisor to the Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, a member of the Board of Advisers of the International Churchill Society, and a former Trustee of Wigmore Hall. Her first book, Dinner with Churchill: Policy-Making at the Dinner Table, was published in 2011.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pegasus Books; Reprint edition (December 11, 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1605985295
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1605985299
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1 x 9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,419,461 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2,384 in Historical British Biographies
- #2,937 in US Presidents
- #13,524 in World War II History (Books)

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Cita Stelzer received a BA degree from Barnard College, with a major in history, worked in educational publishing, and has been a stringer for the Financial Times. She founded a public relations firm in New York City, and served as special aide to Mayor John Lindsay and to Governor Hugh Carey, before joining an economic consulting firm specializing in regulatory policy.

She is an Advisor to the Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, a member of the Board of Advisers of the International Churchill Society, a former Trustee of Wigmore Hall, the venerable chamber music venue in London, and has been a member of the Board of Trustees and Vice Chairman of the Aspen Musical Festival and School. Her first book, Dinner with Churchill: Policy-Making at the Dinner Table, was published in 2011.

Why I wrote Dinner with Churchill: Policy-Making at the Dinner Table

By Cita Stelzer

In the course of many years spent reading biographies of and books about Winston Churchill I realized that I had learned little about how this man planned the meals at which he had accomplished so much. After all, most of the deals that were struck at the famous international conferences held during WWII were made at or facilitated by dinners at which the leaders were more relaxed than at formal sessions.

So I began digging into the Churchill Archives at Churchill College, Cambridge. Not only did I find menus for the more famous dinners with Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, and Stalin. But there were details of Churchill careful setting of the stages for dinners with his generals, political friends and foes, leading academics and a host of other interesting people. In addition, I found bills for dinners at Claridges, the Ritz and The Savoy, with guests lists, amended wine selections, letters from Churchill and his staff complaining about over-billing, letters from Churchill thanking friends for the gifts of foods and wines, all in the Archives as set out in my book.

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Caroly Torid

Well written! Accurate!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 1, 2022

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This was a gift for an elderly gentleman when he was quite ill! I was pleased that he enjoyed it!

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Richard C. Geschke

Mixing the Fine Art of Dinner with High Politics

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 14, 2013

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Of any person that has lived in the 20th century no other person has been written and studied more than Winston Spencer Churchill. Between Churchill's wide oeuvre of writing as well as his speeches and quotations, one can quite easily see why many people consider Churchill to be the man of the 20th century. Most of Winston's accomplishments occurred in the 20th century but in essence the way to prominence of Churchill represents that deep down inside he was a British Victorian who lived under the auspices of the chivalry of a gentleman of the 19th century.
Cita Stelzer has brought forward a new way of looking at the life of this extraordinary man. The old saying of "You are what you eat" can be applied to the sighting in on the lifestyle and intentions of Churchill as done by Stelzer. The author not only goes into detail of Churchill's palate's likes and dislikes, he shows the art form of high entertainment with men and women of eclectic cultures. Stelzer shows to us how Churchill used the art and persuasion of fine dining in using his powers to exercise his politics and influence the world for the better.
The author shows to us that Churchill put much effort in not only the state dinners he attended, but also the influences he brought forward on daily lunches and even picnics in the open air with his military leaders in Europe and Africa.
This introspective study of high life diners and lunches also studies the other social habits which coincided with these events. Stelzer goes into detail about Churchill's drinking habits as well as his well-known smoking of expensive Cuban cigars. The legends of Churchill's drinking habits are studied and clarified which will dispel the rumors of Churchill being a raging alcoholic.
Along with Winston's drinking habits, Stelzer goes into Churchill's cigar smoking habits. Both Winston's drinking and smoking habits are dovetailed into his dining and entertaining way of life. His dining habits reflect not only politics but also his wit and humor to people who associated with him. In effect what Stelzer shows to us was that Winston Churchill not only revels in the traditions and benefits of fine dining, but also how Churchill tended to use these events to have people being persuaded to see Churchill's political policies in a much enlightened perspective.
Politics as seen from Churchill's points of view is shown to us also as satisfying the palate and filling the stomach. Stelzer brings forth to us most of the great dinners Churchill had attended and how his actions affected world politics. This was a highly interesting book which looking at the life and Churchill from a different and unusual perspective. Fine dining shows to us was used to forming high politics.

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I would love to have dinner with Winston

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 4, 2014

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The author’s purports to show the importance of Churchill’s dinners to his diplomacy, but is somewhat weak in developing this part of the book. On the other hand the book does reveal Churchill’s gastronomic taste. Eating, drinking and smoking habits were part of Churchill’s persona in his later years. The book covers these areas in great detail. Stelzer keeps pointing out that WSC followed the 19th century manner of formal dining with fancy china and cutlery and multiple courses. All dinners were working dinners, they had a purpose. Stelzer discuss how meticulous WSC was in planning his dinners from menu to sitting placement. He also worked and planned the conversation for the meal almost as much as he did his speeches. The author also emphases Churchill’s wit and humor along with his impeccable manners. She also states she was surprise to learn that Churchill loved picnics. Stelzer states that WSC liked roast beef, Johnny Walker Red or Black Label whiskey, Pol Rogers champagne, Havana cigars and consommé soups. He liked most foods except he disliked creamed soups. Little new is revealed about Churchill, however, it is well written and lots of entertaining trivia is provided. The book is easy to read and is very enjoyable. Oh, how I would have loved to have been a guest at one of his dinners. I read this as an e-book on my Kindle app for my iPad.

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Despite the enormous amount of literature that has focussed on virtually every aspect of Winston Churchill's illustrious life and career, I believe that this is the only volume that concentrates on his dining habits, particularly as regards his "dinner diplomacy", his talent for using meals as a political instrument to achieve his goals.

Not surprisingly, most of the table talk takes place during the Second World War. Ms. Stelzer describes the menus, the wines, the guests and the topics of conversation in light, somewhat inelegant, prose that still manages to hold the reader's attention.

Having squeezed nearly every drop out of the war years, Ms. Stelzer finishes off the text with supplementary chapters on Churchill's special preferences in food, spirits and, of course, cigars. Though somewhat less captivating, they will still provide the Churchill aficionado with a few more good anecdotes.

In all, this new work is a genuinely entertaining addition to the Churchill literature and is even more enjoyable accompanied by a large cigar and double Cognac. My only real complaint is that the coarse paper and grainy photographs give the book a rather amateurish appearance.

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Have A Brandy and Enjoy

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 7, 2014

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This is an interesting (and important, at least to Churchill) angle on a part of Winston's life.

He was the consummate politician, schemer, persuader, and host and he loved to have dinner where he could usually monopolize the conversation and fill the seats with interesting people who might contribute to the conversation and provide an interesting time for all as well as good food and an abundance of drink and cigars or cigarettes.

The book if full of menus, which are of great interest, as well as photographs of the haunts of Churchill in London and many other photographs as he ate his way through three continents and three United States presidents, and, for the most part, enjoyed every bite and sip of it.

It is an entertaining book. You don't have to worry about grand strategies, beat off the revisionist historians hostile to WSC or contend with the many who still admire this icon of the 20th century. It is a nice, quick, read.

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Kathleen

Text good; documents impossible to read on kindle

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I am busy reading this book at present and am enjoying it. (I always enjoy reading books about Churchill) However,I have been disappointed not to be able to read the documents included as they are so feint on the kindle. I would imagine they must be more readable on paper.

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Interesting read

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Ellen Roth

Excellent book on Churchill

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 22, 2013

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Author managed to get an astonishing number of meal menus! And she was particularly good at explaining why Churchill liked to use meals for his diplomacy.

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