food journalism
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Florida Field to Feast Cookbook
Lance got me the cookbook, Field to Feast for Christmas. It is co-authored by Orlando Sentinel food editor Heather McPherson. On the back of the book is a reference to Jeanne Voltz’s Florida Cookbook. Jeanne was the food editor in the women’s pages of the Miami Herald in the 1950s and the food editor in the women’s pages of the Los Angeles Times in the 1960s. Here is my article about Jeanne. This was my first dish from the cookbook – Strawberry Pie. Tonight I am trying the recipe for Baked Penne with Four Cheeses.
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Pinterest and Recipe Sharing
Today, the food section of The New York Times repinned my photo of the Beachy Christmas Cookies I made this year. (The sand in the photo is crushed graham crackers.) It is just one more example of how the food sections of newspapers have long had a social media voice that connects reporters and readers. It is common for newspapers to have Christmas cookie competitions or other best recipe contests. For many years in the 1940s, Chicago Tribune food editor Ruth Ellen Church (who wrote under the pen name Mary Meade) had a weekly recipe contest.
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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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