The Spinach King: An Evening with John Seabrook

Longtime New Yorker writer John Seabrook is one of the most acclaimed journalists of his generation. In his latest book, a New York Times Editor’s Choice, he tells the “shocking but juicy” tale of his own prominent family, which rose to riches and high-class status thanks to...creamed spinach.

The founder of the family fortune, industrial farmer C.F. Seabrook, was known as “the Henry Ford of agriculture”. His son Jack, a keen businessman, was poised to take over what Life called “the biggest vegetable factory on earth.” But the Seabrooks’ carefully cultivated facade—glamorous outings in horse-drawn carriages, luxurious wine cellars, and movie star girlfriends—hid dark secrets that led to the implosion of the family, and its business. As compelling and nuanced as Succession, The Spinach King is “a tremendous tale” (Financial Times), a compulsively readable story of class and privilege, betrayal and revenge.

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