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The
Iowa State Connection... |
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Mary
B. Welch |
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Mary Welch was born in 1841 in Lyons, New York. Mrs. Welch was the
wife of the first president of Iowa State College, and she organized
and headed the first Department of Domestic Economy from 1875-1883 at Iowa
State. Her department focused on the natural sciences and their
application to domestic economy. Mrs. Welch is also credited to
having initiated the first extension efforts at a land grant institution
when she taught classes to women in Des Moines. Her writings include
Mrs. Welch's Cookbook, a text book for her students. Mrs. Welch
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Lenore
Sullivan
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| Ms. Sullivan served as a professor in the Department of Institutional
Management from 1936 to 1967.
She authored several editions of the Quantity
Cooking File (located in Special Collections TX820 Su54q3). It was
used as the text for student serving luncheons in the ISU Tea Room.
Her book, What to Cook for Company, also became very popular. |
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Ruth
Ellen Church
"Mary
Meade"
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 Ruth Ellen Church was born in 1909 and graduated from Iowa State
University in 1933 with a degree in food and nutrition journalism.
For thirty-eight years, Ms. Church served as the Chicago Tribune
food editor and wrote a syndicated food column for the Tribune under the
pen name Mary Meade from 1936 to 1974. Later, Ms. Church would
abandon her pen name while continuing to write books on food and drink as
well as authoring the nation's first newspaper wine column. |
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The
Neighbor Lady |
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Sixty years ago, Wynn Speece began broadcasting her Neighbor Lady show at
WNAX Radio. Though WNAX is actually a South Dakota radio station,
many Iowa listeners tuned in for Mrs. Speece's inspirational words and
tasty recipes. Mrs. Speece constantly received these recipes from
her listeners and shared them with her audience. The Neighbor Lady
can still be heard on WNAX FM 104.1. |
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Evelyn
Birkby |
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Author of seven books and countless hours of radio, Evelyn Birkby is a
hallmark of Iowa cookery. Mrs. Birkby began her work in 1949 with a
column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel, then made the jump to radio in
1950 with the KMA radio station with her "Down a Country Lane"
program. In 1955, Mrs. Birkby began working on a different project
for KMA entitled "Kitchen-Klatter" as a writer and broadcaster.
Kitchen Klatter was broadcast over six states, and Mrs. Birkby continued
her work there until 1983. At that point, she began working
full-time for KMA as head of their book department. Besides being an
author and radio personality, Evelyn Birkby has continued to be an active
citizen on the local and state levels. She and her husband Robert
currently make their home on an acreage in Sidney, Iowa. |
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On
the shelves...
| Fresh
From Terrace Hill |
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Fresh From Terrace Hill is a collection of recipes, pictures, and stories
from the Terrace Hill, the governor's mansion in Des Moines.
Beautifully presented, this book includes recipes from across the state as
well as special family recipes of Governor Tom and First Lady Christine
Vilsack. Other cookbooks from Terrace Hill include A Taste of
Terrace Hill and Recipes and Recollections of Terrace Hill. |
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of the Best |
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Best of the Best
state cookbooks are published by Quail Ridge Press. Best of
the Best from Iowa is a sampling from the best 89 cookbooks in
Iowa, including books compiled by junior leagues, community
organizations, popular restaurants, and individuals.
From the covered bridges of Madison County, to the baseball
Field of Dreams, to Grant Wood's farmland, the bounty of delicious
food is everywhere! Such traditional treats as Swedish
Meatballs, Dutch Handkerchiefs, Iowa Corn Pancakes, Rhubarb Crisp,
and Stuffed Pork Chops are just a sampling of what you can expect
from the Hawkeye State...Bring the best Iowa recipes into your own
kitchen. From hundreds of creative Iowa cooks, from
eighty-nine outstanding Iowa cookbooks, most of these recipes are
can't-wait-to-try-easy...all are make-it-again delicious!"
(taken from the Quail Ridge Press website: http://www.quailridge.com/BOB/BestIAsalesMore.htm
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