Clementine Paddleford

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Clementine Paddleford (September 27, 1898 – November 13, 1967) was an American food writer active in the 1920s through the 1960s, writing for several publications, including the New York Herald Tribune, The New York Sun, The New York Telegram, Farm and Fireside, and This Week magazine. A Kansas native, she lived most of her life in New York City, where she introduced her readers to the global range of food to be found in that city. She was also a pilot, and flew a single-engine plane around the country to report on America's many regional cuisines.

She was born in Stockdale, Kansas in Riley County, Kansas and graduated from Manhattan High School in 1916 and Kansas State Agricultural College in 1921 with a degree in Industrial Journalism. She moved to New York City where she enrolled in the Columbia School of Journalism and attended night classes at New York University. She paid expenses by reviewing business books for the business publication Administration and The New York Sun.^[1]

[edit] References

• Athon, Bobbie (1998-011). ""She Defined How America Ate: Meet Clementine Paddleford," A Moment in Time". A Moment in Time. Kansas State Historical Society. Retrieved on 2007-01-03.
• Kamp, David (2006). The United States of Arugula: How We Became a Gourmet Nation. New York: Broadway Books. ISBN 0767915798. 
• Von Elling, Cindy (2005-09-20). "University Archives: Women's Guide: Clementine Paddleford (1898-1967)". K-State Libraries. Kansas State University. Retrieved on 2007-01-03.

[edit] Bibliography of Paddleford's works

Posthumously collected in:

• American Food Writing: An Anthology with Classic Recipes, ed. Molly O'Neill (Library of America, 2007) ISBN 1598530054

[edit] External links

• New York Times biography of Clementine Paddleford