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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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Food Studies Presentation: Ohio Food Editor History
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Florida Conference of Historians
I just presented the paper, “Beverley Brink Morales Geary Badhorse: Trailblazing Journalist and Advocate,” at the Florida Conference of Historians in Lake City. It has taken many years to put together Beverley’s story. In this paper, I largely focused on her Florida years at the Sun Sentinel. I hope to put together a journal manuscript that focuses on all of Beverley’s newspaper work.
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Florida Writers Conference & Food Writing
Today I went to a session at the Florida Writers Conference presented by former Orlando Sentinel restaurant critic Scott Joseph. He spoke about his role in his newspaper’s food section – content that originated in the women’s pages. His approach to food writing fits into what Lance and I have written about in the past when it came to St. Petersburg Times food critic Ruth Gray.
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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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Happy Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine’s Day! The most romantic story of all women’s page editors is the marriage of Vivian and Curtis Castleberry – who have been married more than five decades and raised five daughters. I am finishing my work on my manuscript about the wonderful Vivian who was the longtime women’s page editor at the Dallas Times Herald.
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Translating Fashion to Newspaper Readers
In its coverage of New York Fashion Week, the Washington Post is publishing a daily feature about translating runway fashion to a Washington readership. Here is one of the features. Lance and I are working on a revise-and-resubmit about Washington Star fashion editor Eleni Epstein. She spent her career translating fashion news from runways to her newspaper readers.
A website devoted to the history of newspaper women's pages
