food editors
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Food Studies Presentation: Ohio Food Editor History
I was happy to get an acceptance for presentation about Ohio food editors for the 2020 Food Studies Conference. The Golden Era of Newspaper Food Journalism Questions about cooking? Lost a cherished recipe? Planning a holiday menu? For decades, it was the newspaper food editor who answered these questions from readers. The newspaper food editors were important to their communities as they wrote about food trends, popular recipes, and local restaurants. The readers responded with calls and letters to the food section. Prior to the early 1970, these popular editors were almost always female and typically had a background in journalism and home economics. Food sections began in the women’s…
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Louisville C-J Food Editor Cissy Gregg
I am working on revisions for my H-Nutrition essay on food editor Cissy Gregg. She is included in my book, The Food Section.
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Louisville Newspaper Food Editor Cissy Gregg
I was happy to find some potential recipes from Louisville newspaper food editor Cissy Gregg in an archive. She is included in my book, The Food Section, and I hope to write more about her.
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Fighting the Stereotype of the Women’s Pages
I came across another media article that includes the incorrect stereotype of the women’s pages. It was in the Tampa Bay Times:“Restaurant criticism isn’t a hallowed profession. It was essentially invented by Craig Claiborne at the New York Times in the early 1960s. Food writing had previously been on newspapers’ “women’s pages” (Food Fashions Family Furnishings!), mostly casserole recipes adjacent to “how to grow a better begonia.” It was Jane Nickerson who was the first restaurant critic at the New York Times – prior to Claiborne. I wrote about her in the New York City Food Encyclopedia, Savoring Gotham. I also wrote about Nickerson and her fellow newspaper food editors…
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Food Studies Presentation: Ohio Food Editor History
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Chicago Food Encyclopedia: Ruth Ellen Church
I am enjoying reading the great reviews of the Chicago Food Encyclopedia. My contribution is the entry for Chicago Tribune food editor Ruth Ellen Church.
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Baltimore Sun: Fun With Sea Food
I tracked down this recipe booklet “Fun With Sea Food” published by the Baltimore Sun in the 1950s. The author is Virginia Roeder who had a background in home economics and a PhD from Johns Hopkins University. I am researching more about her but it has been a challenge as she married and changed names several times. She will be included in my upcoming book about women’s page journalism.
