women's history month
- Cecily Brownstone, food editors, food journalism, food section, women's history month, women's page history
Women’s History Month: Cecily Brownstone
Day 13 of Women’s History Month features Cecily Brownstone – the longtime food editor at the Associated Press. She had daily recipes and a weekly column from 1947 to 1986. She was a close friend and confident of James Beard who spoke on the phone almost daily, at 8 a.m. New York Times food columnist Molly O’Neil called Brownstone one of the “cornerstones of authentic cooking in New York.” Upon Brownstone’s retirement, former New York Times Food Editor Jane Nickerson wrote: “Of syndicated food writers, she’s been the most widely read.” Her papers are at the Fales Library at NYU. This images – from a dinner party at her brownstone…
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- Dorothy Crandall, food editors, food journalism, food section, women's history month, women's page history
Women’s Page History: Dorothy Crandall
Day 12 of Women’s History Month features Dorothy Crandall of the Boston Globe. Dorothy Crandall was the Boston Globe’s food editor from 1953 to 1973. She was the editor for Julia Child’s recipe column in the Globe. In 1959, Crandall covered the first meeting of the Boston chapter of Les Dames des Amis d’Escoffier and remained a member until her death. She earned a home economics degree from University of Vermont. While writing food features for the Sunday Globe, she took classes at Boston University in food photography and journalism. She earned a master’s degree in education from the University of Vermont in 1952. She did food and marketing commentaries…
- Florida food, Florida Women's Pages, food editors, food history, food journalism, Rosa Tusa, women's history month
Women’s History Month: Rosa Tusa
Day 11 of Women’s History Month highlights Rosa Tusa – from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Palm Beach, Florida. Rosa Tulsa learned to cook from her Italian father and was hired by the Milwaukee Sentinel’s women’s pages in 1953. She became the Sentinel food editor in 1962. She married painter Kyril Vassilev after meeting when Tusa interviewed him for a story. The couple lived in a castle and raised Great Danes. She was a good friend of Poppy Cannon and judged the 1970 Pillsbury Bake-Off. In 1971, she and her husband moved to Florida and she became the food editor of the Palm Beach Post. During her career, she attempted to cook…
- Dorothee Polson, food editors, food history, food journalism, food section, women's history month, women's page history
Women’s History Month: Dorothee Polson
Day 9 of Women’s History Month features Arizona Republic food editor Dorothee Polson. She was a Vesta Award winner for top newspaper food writing. Inan oral history, history, Dorothee mentions 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 did. I would do interviews with interesting people that had nothing to do with food and just bring in their favorite recipes, because everyone eats. Most people cook…
- Carol McCready Hartley, food editors, food history, food journalism, women's history month, women's page history
Women’s History Month: Carol McCready Hartley
Day eight of Women’s History Month features Arizona food editor – Carol McCready Hartley. Hartley graduated from Iowa State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in home economics, focusing on textiles. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority. Her first job was in Chicago, at Carson Pirie Scott, the city’s second largest department store, as a member of the Fashion Board, staging style shows throughout Chicago and North Shore suburbs. She married Richard H. Voshall in 1955. The couple divorced in 1961. She moved from Chicago to Phoenix, Arizona in 1961, and went to work for Phoenix Newspapers, Inc., the following year. She became the first food…
- food editors, food history, food journalism, food section, Helen Dollaghan, women's history month, women's page history
Women’s History Month: Helen Dollaghan
Day seven of Women’s History Month features Helen Dollaghan of the Denver Post. Helen earned a journalism degree from the University of Denver. She was the food editor of the Denver Post from 1958 to 1993, after starting at the newspaper taking classified advertising. She tested recipes in her own kitchen. She was known for breaking ground with on-site food photography such as having photographs taken at the local Squaw Pass. She became known for the recipe Apricot Brandy Chicken when some readers improvised and caused oven doors to be blown off. The cooks who’d had trouble admitted to modifying the recipe by adding extra brandy, then covering the casserole…
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