Ruth Ellen Church
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The First Lady of Wine Journalism: Ruth Ellen Church
I just had a paper accepted for presentation at Food Studies in the fall. It’s called “The First Lady of Wine Journalism: Ruth Ellen Church.” The first person to write a wine column for an American newspaper was Ruth Ellen Church, the Chicago Tribune food editor who often used the pen name of Mary Meade. Her column began in 1962. Initially, she traveled through Europe to learn about wine. In 1963 she published the cookbook, The American Guide to Wines which included an introduction by esteemed food writer Morrison Wood. She later wrote a book documenting the wines of the Midwest. In 1992, the Midwest International Wine Exposition began giving…
- 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…
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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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Newspaper Picture Recipes
I came across this great images as I continuing writing about Chicago Tribune food editor Ruth Ellen Church. These “picture recipes” remind me of the food blogs of today. Church was in charge of overseeing the photo shoots as the pictures were taken in her Tribune test kitchen.
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Writing about Food Editor Ruth Ellen Church
I was reading the book, The Pecan: A History of America’s Native Nut, when I came across this reference to Chicago Tribune food editor Mary Meade. That was the pen name for Ruth Ellen Church. Church was the first newspaper food editor to have a wine column and it continued for 17 years. She traveled extensively and shared her adventures with her Chicago readers. For example, she spent three months abroad for her “What’s Cooking in Europe” feature series which ran for 56 days in the Tribune. During her career, she wrote a daily food column plus a special section each Friday. She also directed all of the food photography…
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- Clementine Paddleford, food editors, food history, food journalism, Jane Nickerson, Ruth Ellen Church
Food Editors in The Pecan book
There several mentions of important newspaper food editors in this book, The Pecan: A History of America’s Native Nut. The seventh chapter is “In Almost Every Recipe … Pecans May Be Used” : American Consumers Embrace the Pecan, 1940-1960. In it, the author cites several of the women from The Food Section, including Mary Meade (Ruth Ellen Church), Jane Nickerson and Clementine Paddleford.
