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Women’s History Month: Peggy Daum
Day 19 of Women’s History Month features another Milwaukee Journal women’s page journalist: Peggy Daum. Peggy was a women’s page reporter in the 1950s and 1960s. She became the food editor of the section in 1968 and remained in the position for two decades. Daum had a strong journalism background that she applied to her beat – food. Barbara Dembski, the Milwaukee Journal’s assistant managing editor of features, said Daum never abandoned her audience. She said of Daum: “Despite her national stature in food journalism, she never forgot who her section was for. She wrote it for the typical, salt-of-the-earth, best cook on the block.” And those neighborhood cooks, her…
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Day Six: Women’s Page History in 7 Objects
The sixth object representing women’s pages is a cookbook. Most newspapers put out a cookbook at some point. Sometimes the books were a creation of the newspaper’s food editor, such as the Arizona Republic’s Dorothee Polson’s Pot au Feu. Other times, the books were a collection of recipes from readers, such as the Milwaukee Journal’s Peggy Daum’s Best Cook on the Block Cookbook.
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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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Best Milwaukee Cooks
I am working on an article about Milwaukee Journal food editor Peggy Daum and have been going through the cookbook that she edited, The Best Cook on the Block Cookbook. It was a result of a feature that began in October 1977 where readers would nominate someone they considered the best cook in their neighborhood. In the introduction, Daum wrote: “In a city where family ties are still strong and three or four generations still live in the same neighborhood , this means holiday feasts for relatives, Sunday dinners for family, Saturday night suppers for friends.” (2) What I found interesting in the book was how many men were featured…
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Best Milwaukee Cooks
I am working on an article about Milwaukee Journal food editor Peggy Daum and have been going through the cookbook that she edited, The Best Cook on the Block Cookbook. It was a result of a feature that began in October 1977 where readers would nominate someone they considered the best cook in their neighborhood. In the introduction, Daum wrote: “In a city where family ties are still strong and three or four generations still live in the same neighborhood , this means holiday feasts for relatives, Sunday dinners for family, Saturday night suppers for friends.” (2) What I found interesting in the book was how many men were featured…
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Recognizing pioneering food journalists
I just received this 1979 book in the mail: The Women’s Book of World Records and Achievements. In it, the author recognizes three pioneering newspaper food journalists: Marian Burros (Washington Post), Peggy Daum (Milwaukee Journal) and Camille Stagg (Chicago Sun-Times). They are highlighted for their serious take on food. Also recognized in the book are two significant women’s page journalists. First was Carol Sutton for her role as the first female managing editor of a metro daily and Dorothy Jurney for being the first female board member of APME.
