Restauranteur Charlotte Silver presents new memoir, Charlotte Au Chocolat: Memoirs of a Restaurant Girlhood

Boston-based restauranteur and chocolatier Charlotte Silver comes to Greenlight to present her new memoir, Charlotte Au Chocolat: Memoirs of a Restaurant Girlhood.  

Like Eloise growing up in the Plaza Hotel, Charlotte Silver grew up in her mother's restaurant. Located in Harvard Square, Upstairs at the Pudding was a confection of pink linen tablecloths and twinkling chandeliers, a decadent backdrop for childhood.

Over dinners of foie gras and Dover sole, always served with a Shirley Temple, Charlotte kept company with a rotating cast of eccentric staff members. After dinner, in her frilly party dress, she often caught a nap under the bar until closing time.

Her one constant was her glamorous, indomitable mother, nicknamed "Patton in Pumps," a wasp-waisted woman in cocktail dress and stilettos who shouldered the burden of raising a family and running a kitchen.

Infectious, charming, and at times wistful, Charlotte au Chocolat is a celebration of the magic of a beautiful presentation and the virtues of good manners, as well as a loving tribute to the author's mother, a woman who always showed her best face to the world.   

Wine and chocolate tasting will follow the reading.