Clementine Paddleford
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Miami-themed 1939 Menu
As I work on my Miami food book, I was thrilled to find this Miami-themed menu from 1939. It was found in the papers of newspaper food editor Clementine Paddleford. I appreciate the archivist at Kansas State University for sending it to me.
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National Biography: Clementine Paddleford & Peg Bracken
I have just been assigned to write entries for “Clementine Paddleford,” and “Peg Bracken” for the American National Biography project with Oxford University Press, 2017. It’s now under contract. I initially wrote about both women in the book, The Food Section.
- Clementine Paddleford, Florida Conference of Historians, Florida food, Florida history, food editors, food history, food journalism
Clementine Paddleford & The Gasparilla Cookbook
I have been working on my paper for the Florida Conference of Historians about the Tampa Junior League and its publication, The Gasparilla Cookbook. The conference is less than 2 weeks away. First published in 1961, the cookbook has been a big success. After many reprintings, it celebrated its 50th birthday in 2011. Part of the success has been because of the coverage by newspaper food editor Clementine Paddleford. She did not typically write about cookbooks so this story was unique. Thanks to the archivist at Kansas State University who helped me find it.
- Clementine Paddleford, food editors, food history, food journalism, Jane Nickerson, Ruth Ellen Church
Food Editors in The Pecan book
There several mentions of important newspaper food editors in this book, The Pecan: A History of America’s Native Nut. The seventh chapter is “In Almost Every Recipe … Pecans May Be Used” : American Consumers Embrace the Pecan, 1940-1960. In it, the author cites several of the women from The Food Section, including Mary Meade (Ruth Ellen Church), Jane Nickerson and Clementine Paddleford.
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Women’s History Month: Clementine Paddleford
Day 10 of Women’s History Month features New York food editor Clementine Paddleford. Clementine Paddleford earned a journalism degree from Kansas State University in 1921 and had a good deal of food trade and magazine experience before she began writing for the New York Herald Tribune and This Week magazine beginning in the 1920s until the newspaper went under in 1966. In 1932, doctors removed a malignant growth from her larynx and vocal cords, which left her with a husky voice. For the rest of her life, she breathed through a tube in her throat, concealed by a black ribbon. She had a popular recipe feature, “How America Eats,” that…
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Top Food Editors: Day 22 & Clementine Paddleford
Day 22 of Top Food Editors features Clementine Paddleford. Clementine Paddleford earned a journalism degree from Kansas State University in 1921 and had a good deal of food trade and magazine experience before she began writing for the New York Herald Tribune and This Week magazine beginning in the 1920s until the newspaper went under in 1966. In 1932, doctors removed a malignant growth from her larynx and vocal cords, which left her with a husky voice. For the rest of her life, she breathed through a tube in her throat, concealed by a black ribbon. She had a popular recipe feature, “How America Eats,” that was turned into a…
