food history
- food editors, food history, German Potato Salad, journalism history, Peggy Daum, women's page history
German Potato Salad: Recipes & Community Identity
When it comes to community and culinary identity, it is often the dish of a certain city that defines the people who live there. For example, consider Milwaukee and German Potato Salad. According to Milwaukee Journal food editor Peggy Daum: “If you are making German potato salad, you already know how. The right way to make it is the way your mother and grandmother made it. You may argue about it with someone down the block, but you don’t call me.” (Dennis Getto, “Daum Retiring as Food Editor,” Milwaukee Journal, Feb. 17, 1988) This was further proven when no recipe for the popular dish was included in The Best Cook…
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- Florida newspapers, Florida Women's Pages, food editors, food history, food journalism, Virginia Heffington, women's page history
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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Green Goddess Dressing History
I recently read about food editor Judyrae Kruse retiring from the Herald, a newspaper in Everette, Washington. According to her retirement story: “To read Judy’s column is to read a diary of life in Snohomish County: Recipes for slow-cooker stew and make-ahead casseroles followed the school year. She shared an idea for dinner pulled from the pantry after a week of snow and ice. When the weather warmed, the recipes cooled: crisp salads and gelatin desserts, ideas for grilling. Occasionally, without warning, a recipe would strike a chord. Who knew Snohomish County residents ate so much Green Goddess dressing? After a request, the deluge of recipes continued for months.” Green…
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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…
- Florida history, Florida Women's Pages, food editors, food history, food journalism, journalism history
More About Food Editor Grace Barr
This morning, Lance & I went down to the Orange County Regional History Center to go through the papers of Graham Barr. He was the son of Orlando Sentinel food editor Grace Warlow Barr. I learned quite a bit about Grace. She attended Goucher College in Baltimore before marrying Leal Barr. The couple had twins: Gracia and Graham. They divorced in 1936 and she joined the Sentinel in 1940 to support her family. She initially became the society editor with a column called “Cynthia’s Tea Table Chatter.” The column ended in 1964 and she focused on food. She was the food editor until her retirement in 1969. Her cookbook, Cooking…
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Writing Women into the Curriculum
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American Midwest Foodways Scholar’s Grant
I am happy to announce that my proposal “Stirring the Pot: The Story of Newspaper Food Journalism, Home Cooks & Ruth Ellen Church” has been awarded an American Midwest Foodways Scholar’s Grant. I will be researching the career of longtime Chicago Tribune food editor Ruth Ellen Church who often wrote under the pen name “Mary Meade.” Her work is a major part of the book I am writing about newspaper food editors. According to the press release:“Greater Midwest Foodways Alliance in collaboration with Culinary Historians of Chicago and with funding from the Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts is pleased to announce financial support for the study…
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