Dorothee Polson
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Cookbook Dedication: Day Four
Arizona Republic food editor Dorothee Polson wrote the 1971 cookbook, Pot au Feu. (It’s a French term meaning “pot on the fire.”) This is her dedication page: Lovingly, for my mother. With special thanks:– to Paul, who helped with all the testing;– to Paige, Dorian and Paul, Jr., who helped with all the tasting. In the book, she revealed that she and her husband, Paul, gained 14 pounds as they worked on the recipes. It also includes some of her columns.
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Women’s History Month: Dorothee Polson
Day 9 of Women’s History Month features Arizona Republic food editor Dorothee Polson. She was a Vesta Award winner for top newspaper food writing. Inan oral history, history, Dorothee mentions her experiences as a food journalist. Here is one of my favorite parts as she described coming to Phoenix in 1962:“I think it helped me that there had not been a food section, because there were no rules and regulations to follow. I could just do whatever I wanted to. And I did. I would do interviews with interesting people that had nothing to do with food and just bring in their favorite recipes, because everyone eats. Most people cook…
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Women’s History Month: Dorothee Polson
Day 11 of Women’s History Month features Arizona Republic food editor Dorothee Polson. She was a Vesta Award winner for top newspaper food writing and knew Arizona women’s page editor Maggie Savoy who I blogged about earlier this month. I came across an oral history with Dorothee. It is available here. In the history, Dorothee mentions Maggie and her experiences as a food journalist. Here is one of my favorite parts as she described coming to Phoenix in 1962:“I think it helped me that there had not been a food section, because there were no rules and regulations to follow. I could just do whatever I wanted to. And I…
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Day Six: Women’s Page History in 7 Objects
The sixth object representing women’s pages is a cookbook. Most newspapers put out a cookbook at some point. Sometimes the books were a creation of the newspaper’s food editor, such as the Arizona Republic’s Dorothee Polson’s Pot au Feu. Other times, the books were a collection of recipes from readers, such as the Milwaukee Journal’s Peggy Daum’s Best Cook on the Block Cookbook.
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Newspaper Cookbooks: Day 4
Former Arizona Republic food editor Dorothee Polson’s Pot au Feu Cook Book. The title is French for “pot on the fire.” The book is a mix of her witty weekly columns about her family and recipes. One of my favorites was Miami Beach Birthday Cake. Polson noted that she had received the recipe from the Baptist Hospital Auxiliary. Here is a link to a recipe for Dorothee Polson’s Rice Chile Verde.
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Women’s Page Editor Margaret Miller
I was pleased to get a lovely email yesterday and to learn about women’s page journalist Margaret Miller. She was an Associated Press reporter from 1944 to 1952 before taking time off to raise her children. She returned to newspapering in Detroit in 1967 as the editor of the women’s section – that would then be called “Suburban Life.” Here is a great column about Margaret and her influence. I liked this: “Margaret was a pragmatist, but one who was skillful in moving business forward whether it be in the day-to-day tasks of getting out the newspaper or in edging forward women’s equality in the workplace.” I also liked the…
