Akron Beacon Journal Food Editor Polly Paffilas’ Recipes

I am working on a new project about Ohio food editors from the 1950s and 1960s. One of my favorites is Polly Paffilas.

Paffilas retired in 1987 after 45 years as a reporter, food writer, women’s pages editor and About Town columnist for the Akron Beacon Journal.

She donated eighteen boxes of recipes on cards, arranged by ingredient or recipe type to the Akron Library. Includes approximately 5,000 recipes that appeared in the Beacon from 1959 until 1980. All recipes have been indexed and may be searched by name, ingredient and keywords.

Although David Kamp referred to the food editors as “Jell-O abusing,” there was only recipe using Jell-O in the database.

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