Food Editors’ Favorites: Treasured Recipes
I found this 1983 book, Food Editors’ Favorites: Treasured Recipes, at the local Goodwill. It was a fundraising cookbook for Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Newspaper food editors from across the country contributed recipes. While my book looks at newspaper food journalism from 1942 through 1975, several of the food editors I studied are in this book.
Milwaukee Journal food editor Peggy Daum: “This curry dip served with vegetables has become my price of admission to many friends’ parties.” (p 17)
Plain Dealer food editor Janet Beighle French: “This antipasto has earned a permanent place at my annual Christmas bash – a snack buffet for about 100 people.” (p 27)
Minneapolis Star food editor Mary Hart Sorensen: “This recipe came from a reader more than 15 years ago and is the most filling and delicious gazpacho I have ever consumed.” (p 39)
St. Paul Pioneer Press food editor Eleanor Ostman: “It pays to advertise. I first tasted this recipe at an annual potluck at my son’s grade school. When I wrote about it in my Sunday column, a reader who had contributed it to the potluck volunteered to share its secret.” ( p 77)
