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Newspaper Recipes Live On
The recipes of newspaper food editors have lived on into the internet age. From online newspaper food sections to home cooks’ food blogs, requests for or examples of old recipes are available. In August of 2012, a reader from Miami Beach wrote to the Miami Herald and requested a recipe for a dessert called “Heavenly Hash” which included graham crackers and whipped cream. Another reader sent in a Herald clipping of a May 6, 1970 recipe written by Virginia Heffington, who was listed as “homemaking editor.” Heffington explained that the recipe was popular in the 1930s. She wrote: “Long years ago ladies had fun making what they called icebox desserts…
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Tampa Bay History Center Visit
We had a wonderful visit to the Tampa Bay History Center to celebrate Lance’s new job at the University of Tampa. We started with a visit to acclaimed restaurant Columbia Cafe. I had the “1905 Salad” which was wonderful. I loved the exhibits that focused on social history, such at the Tampa Woman’s Club. Women’s organizations have helped build the foundations of communities including fundraisers for libraries, schools and hospitals. These activities were covered by the women’s pages of newspapers. Another great example was about a Tampa Department Store, Maas Brothers. Lance & I have an article coming out in the Tampa Bay History Journal this year about women’s page…
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Researching Food Editor Grace Barr
Tomorrow, Lance & I are going to visit the Orange County Regional History Center to go through the papers of Grace Barr’s son, Graham Barr. Grace Barr was the food editor at the Orlando Sentinel in the 1960s. I am hoping the papers reveal more about Grace’s career.
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Miami News Billie O’Day Obituary
I was happy to see the obituary of Miami News women’s page editors Billie O’Day. It ran in the Miami Herald recently. She was the longtime Miami News women’s page editor who won several Penney-Missouri Awards – the top recognition for women’s pages. This is my favorite part:“Summing herself up in her notes, Billie O’Day wrote: “I believed Anita Hill. My favorite TV shows are ‘Sherlock Holmes,’ ‘Brooklyn Bridge,’ ‘Murder She Wrote,’ ‘The Civil War,’ and any other documentary by Ken Burns. “I watch CNN and C-Span. I go to lunch every day with my next-door neighbor, a Juilliard grad and a terrific vocalist and pianist. I don’t go out…
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Talking About Florida Women’s Page Editors
I enjoyed talking about Florida women’s page editors this morning on the ReThinking the City radio program on Rollin College’s WPRK. Florida was the place to be for women’s page journalists in the 1950s and 1960s. They were a progressive group who dominated the Penney-Missouri Awards – the top recognition for the women’s pages. The Fort Lauderdale News women’s page editor Edee Greene is in the far right in the photo. Her grandson Patrick was a co-host on the radio program.
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Billie O’Day Has Died
I learned yesterday that Billie O’Day has died. She was the longtime women’s page editor at the Miami News and won several Penney-Missouri Awards. The image above is from a hotel room in Missouri where she and the Miami Herald’s Marie Anderson came to speak at the workshops that were part of the Awards. She loved music and sports. Here is a link to a previous post about Billie’s music career. Here is a link to a post about her interest in football.
