Presented at the 2012 NCA Convention

1. The Real Inventor
of Food Journalism:
The Story Behind the First New York Times Food Writer Jane
Nickerson and Her Food Section, 1942-1957
Dr. Kimberly Voss, Associate Professor
University of Central Florida

2. Craig Claiborne’s Biographer:
• “Jane Nickerson’s world of canned
fish and weekend bargains.”

3. English/Journalism Degree

4. New York Times 1942-1957

5. Florida Cookbook

6. Lakeland Ledger

7. Food as Hard & Soft News

8. Rationing/Self Sacrifice

9. “Emergency Potatoes”

10. Food Prices

11. Mixes

12. “Eating As It Was Back Then”

13. “Joy of Cooking” Review

14. Nutrition & Bread

15. Grocery Shopping

16. Radio Programming

17. Cooking & Gender
• Nickerson: “Yesterday the 100 finalists in the Pillsbury National
Recipe Contest took over the grand ballroom of the Waldorf-
Astoria Hotel, turning a room favored for automobile shows
and debutante balls into a fragrant, friendly kitchen. Results of
what Pillsbury termed “the Bake-off” will be announced today
at a luncheon on the hotel’s Starlight Roof, when Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt will present nine awards ranging from $500 to
$50,000.”

18. Nickerson’s Legacy

19. Mimi Sheraton
• "Neither I nor any other female
food writer I knew was given an
interview for his job, no matter
her credentials.” – upon
Claiborne’s first retirement, 1972