The food section : newspaper women and the culinary community

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The food section : newspaper women and the culinary community

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newspaper women and the culinary community

Statement of responsibility

Kimberly Wilmot Voss

Creator

• trueVoss, Kimberly Wilmot, 1970-

Subject

• trueFood habits
• Food habits -- History
• Food habits -- History -- 20th century
• Food habits -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• trueFood writers
• Food writers
• Food writers -- United States
• Food writing
• trueFood writing
• Food writing -- History
• Food writing -- United States -- History
• Food writing -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• History
• Newspapers -- Sections, columns, etc. -- United States -- Food | History -- 20th century
• Newspapers -- Sections, columns, etc. | Food
• trueNewspapers -- Sections, columns, etc. | Food
• trueNewspapers -- Sections, columns, etc. | Food | History
• trueNewspapers -- United States -- Sections, columns, etc. | Food | History
• United States
• trueUnited States
• trueUnited States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
• Women in journalism
• Women in journalism -- United States
• trueWomen journalists
• trueWomen journalists -- 20th century
• trueNewspapers
• 1900 - 1999

Genre

• trueHistory

Language

eng

Summary

Food blogs are everywhere today but for generations, information and opinions about food were found in the food sections of newspapers in communities large and small. Until the early 1970s, these sections were housed in the women's pages of newspapers -- where women could hold an authoritative voice. The food editors -- often a mix of trained journalist and home economist -- reported on everything from nutrition news to features on the new chef in town. They wrote recipes and solicited ideas from readers. The sections reflected the trends of the time and the cooks of the community. The editors were local celebrities, judging cooking contests and getting calls at home about how to prepare a Thanksgiving turkey. They were consumer advocates and reporters for food safety and nutrition. They helped make James Beard and Julia Child household names as the editors wrote about their television appearances and reviewed their cookbooks. These food editors laid the foundation for the food community that Nora Ephron described in her classic 1968 essay, "The Food Establishment," and eventually led to the food communities of today

Member of

• Studies in food and gastronomy

Writing style

• trueScholarly

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

808/.066641

Index

index present

LC call number

TX644

LC item number

.V67 2014

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Studies in food and gastronomy