Jane Nickerson manuscript
I have been working on my manuscript about NYT food editor Jane Nickerson.
The story of Nickerson’s resignation from the newspaper was explained in Craig Claiborne’s memoir, A Memoir with Recipes: A Feast Made for Laughter (New York: Doubleday & Co., 1982). He wrote that at the beginning of 1957, she told the Times that “for reasons for family” she would be resigning from the newspaper as of September 1. Claiborne, who became the NYT food editor following Nickerson, wrote:
“I was a bit startled at the news because of my respect for Jane as a journalist and also because I knew of her devotion to the job. She was a workaholic, a lady who often went into the office seven days a week to pursue her career. She was a diligent researcher with a thoroughgoing interest in learning more about the world of cuisine.” (p. 125)
He also wrote of Nickerson: She “was, to my mind, the most inventive and diligent food written in Manhattan. What she did not know she researched with great gravity and concern.” (p. 122)
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