Top Food Editors: Day 13 and Dorothy Neighbors (Marion Ferriss Guinn)
Day 13 of top newspaper food editors feature Marion Guinn who used the pen name “Dorothy Neighbors” of the Seattle Times.
Marion Ferriss Guinn graduated from the University of Washington in 1929 with degrees in home economics and journalism. She was the hired by the Seattle Times as a reporter. Soon she was named the new Dorothy Neighbors, writing columns and dispensing food advice.
During World War II, when events were held in Victory Square, Guinn presented a number of “Housewives Go to War” programs advising women of ways to help the war effort.
Her recipes were included in the 1952 Coast to Coast cookbook.
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