food history
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Association of Food Journalists Talk
I will be speaking about my food editors and the future of food journalism at the annual meeting of the Association of Food Journalists in Memphis. The meeting takes place in September. My book, The Food Section, includes the story of why the the Association of Food Journalists was started. It all began in the hotel room of Milwaukee Journal food editor Peggy Daum after Sen. Moss had referred to the female food editors as “whores” of the grocery stores.
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Great Article About The Food Section
I was happy to read this story about my book, The Food Section, and my upcoming talk at the Orlando History Center. I will be speaking about Florida food editors, including Daytona Beach food editor Katie Carlson, pictured here.
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Cookbook Dedication: Day Five
Chicago Tribune food editor Ruth Ellen Church, often using the pen name of Mary Meade, wrote several cookbooks. Her dedications added new information yet also introduced a new question. Her 1965 edition of Mary Meade’s Magic Recipes is dedicated to:“For Morrison Wood, whose enthusiastic review of this book thirteen years ago launched its successful career, my grateful thanks.” Her 1962 book Pancakes Aplenty is dedicated to: “My favorite sister, Marian Miller.” Her 1966 edition of Mary Meade’s Modern Homemaker Cookbook is dedicated “For Holly Kapple Field, Young Modern Homemaker.” I have not been able to track down who this woman is.
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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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Cookbook Dedications: Day One
Most of the newspaper food editors in my book, The Food Section, wrote cookbooks. Some of them (such as Ruth Ellen Church and Jeanne Voltz) wrote numerous cookbooks. One of my favorite parts of my research was reading the dedications in the cookbooks which gave me some insight into the women. This is the dedication from Denver food editor Helen Dollaghan’s Best Main Dishes: “For my husband, and in memory of my mother, Helen Neuer Dollaghan. Mom taught me how to cook, beginning with the basics of making gravy. Cecil, my husband, never complained when the gravy had a few lumps in it along the way.” I will be blogging…
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Tribute to Denver food editor Helen Dollaghan
I was so happy to learn that Denver food editor Helen Dollaghan has a meeting room named for her at the Denver Post. Helen is part of my book, The Food Section, out later this month and available for pre-order now.
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