Women’s History Month: Julie Benell
Day 20 of Women’s History Month features Julie Benell.
Julie Benell, a reporter and editor on food who worked 25 years at the Dallas Morning News. Benell, a native of San Antonio, was a former concert pianist who switched to the stage and later to performances on radio and television. She was the author of several cookbooks, including the popular Let’s Eat at Home.
She had a daily television show about food and fashion for 15 years while she was at the newspaper. It was her show that was interrupted when President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. She judged the 1962 great national Cookout Championship for Men Only in Hawaii, along with Clementine Paddleford.
Benell wrote several cookbooks.
She donated her cookbook collection to Texas Woman’s University.
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