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In Memory of Fashion Journalist Barbara Cloud
I was sad to learn that longtime Pittsburgh fashion editor Barbara Cloud has died. Here is her obituary:“Her crisp, vibrant writing matched her fashion sense, said John Robinson Block, publisher and editor-in-chief of the Post-Gazette. “She was one of the most gifted newspaper writers that I think I’ve known over many years. She was of the older school of journalism, characterized by the clarity of how they wrote,” he said.” I had conducted several email interviews with Barbara and her opinions on designers, department stores and fashion journalism. I am completing an article about Barbara for a history journal. I was so sad to learn of her death.
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Newspaper Cookbooks: Day 5
Chicago Tribune food editor Ruth Ellen Church (who often wrote used the byline Mary Meade) wrote numerous cookbooks during her 38 years at the newspaper. They reflect changes in gender roles, technology and trends in food. These were the ones that the New York Times mentioned in her obituary: “The Indispensable Guide for the Modern Cook” (1955), “The Burger Cookbook” (1967), “Entertaining With Wine” (1970) and “Mary Meade’s Sausage Cookbook” (1967). I like her Blender Cookbook and her cookbook about pancakes.
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Newspaper Cookbooks: Day 4
Former Arizona Republic food editor Dorothee Polson’s Pot au Feu Cook Book. The title is French for “pot on the fire.” The book is a mix of her witty weekly columns about her family and recipes. One of my favorites was Miami Beach Birthday Cake. Polson noted that she had received the recipe from the Baptist Hospital Auxiliary. Here is a link to a recipe for Dorothee Polson’s Rice Chile Verde.
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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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Newspaper Cookbooks: Day 2
The pair of cookbooks I would add to the list of top newspaper editor cookbooks include two from the Los Angeles Times. The first is the California Cookbook written by the 1960s L.A. Times food editor Jeanne Voltz. Here is a nice blog post about Jeanne. The second is Dear S.O.S. which details thirty years of recipes requests from readers. Recipe requests were an early form of social media.
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Newspaper Cookbooks: Day 1
I was pleased to see Marion Nestle’s blog post about the cookbook above that I posted about a few weeks ago. The book includes Cecily Brownstone’s Associated Press Cookbook. The 101 Classic Cookbooks is an excellent resource for both recipes and cookbook history. Each day this week, I am going to blog about the cookbooks that newspaper food editors wrote or edited that I would add to the list. Today, I will address Florida cookbooks. I would add two: Jane Nickerson’s Florida Cookbook and Jeanne Voltz’s The Florida Cookbook: From Gulf Coast Gumbo to Key Lime Pie. Jane’s book was published in 1973 by the University Press of Florida. She…
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