Jane Nickerson
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Savoring Gotham: Including Jane Nickerson
So excited that New York Times food editor Jane Nickerson will be included in the upcoming book, Savoring Gotham. It is being published by Oxford University Press. Nickerson was food editor at the NYT from 1942 to 1957 and later was food editor at the Lakeland Ledger. Happy to see her included in more of New York City’s culinary history.
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Food Studies Presentation: Ohio Food Editor History
- Dorothy Crandall, food editors, food history, food journalism, Grace Hartley, Helen Dollaghan, Jane Nickerson, Jeanne Voltz, Ruth Ellen Church
Highlighting Food Editors Grace Hartley, Dorothy Crandall & Helen Dollaghan
In 2104, I worked at promoting the stories of three food editors from my book The Food Section. Jane Nickerson, Jeanne Voltz and Ruth Ellen Church. Here is a Poynter post about them. In 2015, I plan to promote the stories of three more food editors: Grace Hartley, Dorothy Crandall & Helen Dollaghan. Grace Hartley was the food editor at the Atlanta Journal for decades. Grace Hartley had a home economics degree from the Georgia College for Women in Milledgeville – now Georgia College. Her first job was with a social service agency where, in the depth of the Depression, she taught social workers how to plan meals for families…
- Cecily Brownstone, food editors, food history, food journalism, James Beard, Jane Nickerson, New York Times food
NYFoodStory: It All Began With Jane Nickerson
I was excited to get my copy of the 2014 NYFoodStory in the mail today. It is the journal of the Culinary Historians of New York. In the journal, I wrote an article about the beginning of the New York City food community. As the longtime Associated Press food editor Cecily Brownstone said in her oral history: It all began with Jane Nickerson at the New York Times. Jane, Cecily, James Beard and Jane’s future husband explored the New York City food community together in the late 1940s and early 1950s. They were the original NYC foodies. I am working on an analysis of her work from 1942 to 1957.…
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Green Bean Casserole & Food Editor Cecily Brownstone
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New York Times Cookbook and the Origin of Recipes
I recently received this New York Times Cookbook by Craig Claiborne (1961). Although Claiborne is given credit as author, many of the recipes were developed under Jane Nickerson‘s editorship. Jane was the NYT food editor from 1942 to 1957. Claiborne replaced her in 1957. A review by Anne Mendelson of a new edition of the cookbook, noted Nickerson’s contributions to the book. I was curious about what Claiborne wrote about Nickerson in the first edition of the cookbook. From the Preface:“There are many people to whom full credit is due for the quality of The New York Times Cook Book. First of all Jane Nickerson, my esteemed predecessor, the first…
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Poynter: Three early food editors who did a lot more than share recipes
I loved this Poynter post about my book, The Food Section, and three of my favorite food editors: Jeanne Voltz, Jane Nickerson & Ruth Ellen Church.
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Remembering New York Times Food Editor Jane Nickerson
Craig Claiborne gets a lot of attention but it was Jane Nickerson who was the first food editor of the New York Times, from 1942 to 1957. She was a significant journalist who wrote about food as rationing changed cooking and post-World War II technology changed the food on our store shelves. She also reviewed restaurants, while also writing about both famous chefs and home cooks. I am not alone in recognizing Jane’s significance. Culinary historian Anne Mendelson wrote about Jane’s work in this article. According to Mendelson: “Jane Nickerson’s articles and recipes show her as an observer of wide-ranging curiosity and knowledge, moving with some sensitivity between prosaic ‘service’…
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