I just finished reading the 1971 cookbook Pot au Feu written by Arizona Republic food editor Dorothee Polson. (Pot au feu is French for “pot on the fire.”) It’s a great mixture of food stories, recipes and anecdotes about her three children. Much of women’s page content consisted of food news and family columns. One of the columns in the book is “Working Mother Makes Rules.” She notes, “I happen to be one of those statistics, the 1-of-every-3 homemakers who hold jobs; the 1-out-of-5 mothers who juggle careers.” In the column, she gives advice on her rules for combining work and newspapering. This was my favorite tips was: “Forget schedules.…

I just finished reading the 1971 cookbook Pot au Feu written by Arizona Republic food editor Dorothee Polson. (Pot au feu is French for “pot on the fire.”) It’s a great mixture of food stories, recipes and anecdotes about her three children. Much of women’s page content consisted of food news and family columns. One of the columns in the book is “Working Mother Makes Rules.” She notes, “I happen to be one of those statistics, the 1-of-every-3 homemakers who hold jobs; the 1-out-of-5 mothers who juggle careers.” In the column, she gives advice on her rules for combining work and newspapering. This was my favorite tips was: “Forget schedules.…

I was so happy to get an email from Phoenix food editor Dorothee Polson. I was familiar with her work as a Vesta Award winner and had guessed that she probably knew Arizona women’s page editor Maggie Savoy. Luckily, I came across an oral history with Dorothee. It is available here. In the history, Dorothee mentions Maggie and her experiences as a food journalist. Here is one of my favorite parts as she described coming to Phoenix in 1962:“I think it helped me that there had not been a food section, because there were no rules and regulations to follow. I could just do whatever I wanted to. And I…

I was so happy to get an email from Phoenix food editor Dorothee Polson. I was familiar with her work as a Vesta Award winner and had guessed that she probably knew Arizona women’s page editor Maggie Savoy. Luckily, I came across an oral history with Dorothee. It is available here. In the history, Dorothee mentions Maggie and her experiences as a food journalist. Here is one of my favorite parts as she described coming to Phoenix in 1962:“I think it helped me that there had not been a food section, because there were no rules and regulations to follow. I could just do whatever I wanted to. And I…