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The food section : newspaper women and the culinary community / Kimberly Wilmot Voss.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Voss, Kimberly Wilmot, 1970- author.
- Series:
- Studies in food and gastronomy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food writing--United States--History--20th century.
- Food writing.
- Newspapers--Sections, columns, etc--Food--United States--History--20th century.
- Newspapers.
- Newspapers--Sections, columns, etc--Food.
- Food writers.
- Women in journalism.
- History.
- United States.
- Women in journalism--United States.
- Food writers--United States.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 243 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]
- Summary:
- Food blogs are everywhere today, but for many years information and opinions about food were found within newspapers in the food sections. Until the early 1970s, thee sections were housed in the women's pages of newspapers. The food editors-often a mix of trained journalists and home economists-reported on everything from nutrition news to features on the new chef in town; they also wrote recipes and solicited ideas from readers. The food sections reflected the trends of the time and the cooks of the community, and the editors were often local celebrities. They were consumer advocates and reporters for food safety and nutrition, and they helped make James Beard and Julia Child household names. These food editors laid the foundation for the food communities of today. Included in this book are profiles of food editors and writers such as Jane Nickerson, Jeanne Voltz, and Ruth Ellen Church, who were unheralded pioneers in the field, as well as Cecily Browntone, Poppy Cannon, and Clementine, Paddleford. This lively review of their work illustrates changes in the country's culinary history and the evolution of home economics in general. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- The origins of food journalism in US newspapers
- Food and food journalism during and after World War II
- Food journalism and the rise of consumer activism
- Cookbooks, exchanging recipes, and competitive cooking
- Home economics : The study and practice of domestic science in food journalism
- The restaurant reviewer as journalist
- The death of the women's pages : a changing industry and the legacy of the great food editors.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Samuel Blank Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1442227206
- 9781442227200
- OCLC:
- 863789588
- Publisher Number:
- 99959142851
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