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Marian Tracy: 17 Cookbooks and Counting
As I continue to document the career of newspaper food editor Marian Tracy, I have started to keep track of her cookbooks. She had quite a reach. For example, her casserole cookbook was reissued more than 15 times. Here is what I have so far:1. The Care and Feeding of Friends, 19462. Casserole Cookery, 18 editions, 1940s & 1950s3. Marian Tracy’s Complete Chicken Cookery, 19534. The Peasant Cookbook, 19555. Cooking Under Pressure, 1956 6. Picnic Cookbook, 19577. Parties From the Freezer, 1963, Scribner8. 200 Main Course Dishes, 19649. The Shellfish Cookbook, 196510. The Art of Making Real Soup, 1967, Doubleday11. New Casserole Cookbook, 1968 12. The Mushroom Cookbook, 196813. Cooking…
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Searching for Marian Tracy Information
Marian Tracy was a New York City newspaper food editor and the author of many cookbooks. Despite her prominence in the 1940s through the 1970s, little information is available about her. Her obituary was only a few paragraphs long. I hope to write a paper about her career. This is what I have learned so far:Marian Coward Tracy attended Miami University of Ohio and Randolph-Macon Women’s College. She was the food editor for New York World- Telegram and the Sun in the 1950s. Tracy was the editor of the 1952 cookbook Coast to Coast, which featured the work of many food editors. She wrote: “The recipes in this collection have…
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The Food Section: Great Review in American Journalism
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- Dorothy Crandall, food editors, food history, food journalism, Grace Hartley, Helen Dollaghan, Jane Nickerson, Jeanne Voltz, Ruth Ellen Church
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Great Letter from Judith Martin
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