Jane Nickerson
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Jane Nickerson & Steak Diane
I came across this neat blog: The Lost Foods of New York City . In one post, the blogger wrote about the dish, Steak Diane. What the writer does not include is the reference to New York Times food editor Jane Nickerson being one of the first journalists to write about the dish. That fact is noted on this food history blog. Nickerson’s work is often overshadowed by Craig Claiborne at the NYT. He is given credit for including news in the food section in 1957 but Jane had been doing that since World War II. I will be presenting a paper about Nickerson’s career at the National Communication Association…
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Jane Nickerson and the White Bread Book
I just started reading the book, White Bread: A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf. While it has been an interesting read, I was sad to read that New York Times food writer Jane Nickerson’s name was misspelled as “Janet Nickerson” on page 228. I am finishing up a conference paper about Jane. She was likely the first food writer at the New York Times – a position she held until 1957. While she supposedly “retired” at that point, she was actually taken a few years off to raise her children before returning to food journalism at the Lakeland Ledger – a NY Times newspaper.
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Setting the Table
I am reading this book as I work on a conference paper about New York Times food editor Jane Nickerson. I was pleased to see that she is referenced in the index of the book, although once again she is completely overshadowed by the NY Times food editor who came after her, Craig Claiborne.
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Food Editor Jane Nickerson’s Yearbook
I came across the digitized yearbooks of Radcliffe University yesterday. This is the citation. Above is the 1938 yearbook page for senior Jane Nickerson who would go on to be the first food editor (in the women’s pages) at the New York Times and went on to the food editor at the Lakeland Ledger in Florida. So far, all of the food editors I have investigated have been college graduates which was unusual compared to journalists overall in the 1940s through the 1960s. Many of these women had degrees that were a mix of journalism and home economics.
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James Beard and Jane Nickerson
We are in the midst of packing as we move to our new house. One advantage of all this packing is re-discovering books. One book I found was the above book which consists of letters between culinary legends James Beard and Helen Evans Brown. In this book are several references to New York Times food editor Jane Nickerson. Beard writes in a letter to Evans: “Going to four parties for Jane this week. She leaves next week for Florida, and how we all hate to see her go. She has done more for dignified food coverage than anyone. Everyone will miss her keenly, and I more than most, for she…
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Ruth Ellen Church Letters
I was happy to learn that there is a folder of Chicago Tribune food editor Ruth Ellen Church’s letters (either to and/or from Church) in the papers of Cecily Brownstone – the longtime food editor of the Associated Press. They are in the Fales Library at NYU. I found some great letters regarding food editors Jeanne Voltz and Jane Nickerson in this collection in the past. Here is a link to the guide to the papers. I placed my order for the Church letters yesterday. I am working on a conference paper on the careers of Nickerson and Church. My later book proposal on food editors will also include Brownstone.…
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