Women’s Page History: Dorothy Crandall
Day 12 of Women’s History Month features Dorothy Crandall of the Boston Globe.
Dorothy Crandall was the Boston Globe’s food editor from 1953 to 1973. She was the editor for Julia Child’s recipe column in the Globe.
In 1959, Crandall covered the first meeting of the Boston chapter of Les Dames des Amis d’Escoffier and remained a member until her death. She earned a home economics degree from University of Vermont. While writing food features for the Sunday Globe, she took classes at Boston University in food photography and journalism.
She earned a master’s degree in education from the University of Vermont in 1952. She did food and marketing commentaries for the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Boston radio stations for five years prior joining the Globe.
She was known for a recipe in which a roast is cooked under the hood of a car.
Dorothy is included in my upcoming book, The Food Section.
