I came across this obituary of Boston Food Editor Gail Perrin. Here is a segment from the story:““Gail was keenly aware of what motivated people to cook,” said Sheryl Julian, the Globe’s food editor. Perrin, Julian added, “managed to find ways to introduce new ingredients in the market, and explain how to cook things people were talking about. She came from the newsroom, so she brought her interviewing skills to a feature section that didn’t have many seasoned reporters writing for it.” Starting her journalism career when she was 15 and in high school, Ms. Perrin worked for the now-defunct Washington Daily News in Washington, D.C., as what was then…

I am honored to announce that I won the first Carol DeMasters Service to Food Journalism Award from the Association of Food Journalists. Here is a great article about it. Carol was the longtime food editor at the Milwaukee Sentinel. This is one of her press passes. I interviewed her when I was researching The Food Section. The purpose of the award is to recognize an individual who has made a significant and lasting contribution to the field of food journalism. I am thrilled to be accepting the award next month in Memphis.