Hometown Appetites - The Story of Clementine Paddleford, the Forgotten Food Writer who Chronicled How America Ate (Paperback)

A rollicking biography of a pioneering American woman and one of our greatest culinary figures
In "Hometown Appetites," Kelly Alexander and Cynthia Harris come together to revive the legacy of the most important food writer you have never heard of. Clementine Paddleford was a Kansas farm girl who grew up to chronicle America's culinary habits. Her weekly readership at the "New York Herald Tribune" topped 12 million during the 1950s and 1960s and she earned a salary of $250,000. Yet twenty years after "America's best-known food editor" passed away, she had been forgotten-until now.
Before Paddleford, newspaper food sections were dull primers on home economy. But she changed all of that, composing her own brand of sassy, unerringly authoritative prose designed to celebrate regional home cooking. This book restores Paddleford's name where it belongs: in the pantheon alongside greats like James Beard and Julia Child.

General

Imprint:	Gotham Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2009
First published:	September 2009
Authors:	Kelly Alexander • Cynthia Harris
Dimensions:	201 x 136 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	368
ISBN-13:	978-1-59240-484-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Health, Home & Family > Cookery / food & drink etc > General Books > Food & Drink > General Books > Biography > General
LSN:	1-59240-484-7
Barcode:	9781592404841

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