food history
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New Image of Food Journalists
I was working on my book manuscript about food newspaper journalism when I came across this great image of Clementine Paddleford and Ruth Casa-Emellos. They are judge entries in Pillsbury’s 3rd National Baking Contest, Waldorf-Astoria, New York City, in 1951. It can be found here at the Truman Library & Museum. Paddleford was a food writer for the New York Herald Tribune in the 1950s and 1960s. A great book was written about her life – Hometown Appetites. Her papers are in the archives of Kansas State University – where my husband earned his master’s degree. I am currently researching Casa-Emellos who had been hired as a food tester at…
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History of Restaurant Reviewers
I am writing an entry about restaurant reviewers for the Encyclopedia of Food and Agriculture Ethics. Other than Duncan Hines (this was before he became better known for his cake mix company), most reviews of restaurants were found in the food sections of the women’s pages. The NY Times’ Craig Claiborne is probably the best known early newspaper food critic as he invented the four-star rating system. Jane Nickerson had reviewed restaurants for the NYT prior to Claiborne. Here is a previous entry about food critics and the women’s pages.
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Cecily Brownstone & James Beard
I was thrilled to get this Rolodex image in an email from Cecily Brownstone‘s nephew. Cecily was the longtime food editor at the Associated Press. She was a good friend of celebrity chef James Beard. I presented a paper about Cecily at the National Communication Association conference last month.
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Newspaper Cookbooks: Day 5
Chicago Tribune food editor Ruth Ellen Church (who often wrote used the byline Mary Meade) wrote numerous cookbooks during her 38 years at the newspaper. They reflect changes in gender roles, technology and trends in food. These were the ones that the New York Times mentioned in her obituary: “The Indispensable Guide for the Modern Cook” (1955), “The Burger Cookbook” (1967), “Entertaining With Wine” (1970) and “Mary Meade’s Sausage Cookbook” (1967). I like her Blender Cookbook and her cookbook about pancakes.
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Newspaper Cookbooks: Day 4
Former Arizona Republic food editor Dorothee Polson’s Pot au Feu Cook Book. The title is French for “pot on the fire.” The book is a mix of her witty weekly columns about her family and recipes. One of my favorites was Miami Beach Birthday Cake. Polson noted that she had received the recipe from the Baptist Hospital Auxiliary. Here is a link to a recipe for Dorothee Polson’s Rice Chile Verde.
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Newspaper Cookbooks: Day 3
Another of my favorite newspaper cookbooks was edited by Milwaukee Journal Food Editor Peggy Daum: The Best Cook on the Block Cook Book. It is full of selected recipes from the “Best Cook on the Block” series that ran in the Journal from October 1977 through September 1978. In the introduction to the cookbook, Daum wrote:“Milwaukee – with its strong ethnic tradition – is known for the good food of its restaurants. But that’s only part of the good food in this area. Some of the best meals are served in the homes, where the tradition of good food fosters a tradition of good cooks.”
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