Book recalls famed '50s food writer

 
By Sharon Dowell
Published: October 15, 2008

Julia Child . James Beard . Clementine Paddleford.

Child and Beard are well known in the culinary world. Less well-known is Paddleford, the Kansas native with the unusual name and flamboyant personality who became a prolific food writer.

A new book details the life of Paddleford, who chronicled what Americans cooked and ate. "Hometown Appetites: The Story of Clementine Paddleford , the Forgotten Food Wr...


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