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Jean Anderson
BornHelen Jean Anderson
(1929-10-12)October 12, 1929
Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
DiedJanuary 24, 2023(2023-01-24) (aged 93)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.
Occupation
  • Food writer
  • editor
Education

Helen Jean Anderson (October 12, 1929 – January 24, 2023) was an American cookbook author and editor.

Life and work

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Anderson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina.[1] Her father was a botany professor at North Carolina State University at Raleigh at the time of her birth, though he later moved to the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.[2] Anderson had a BS in food and nutrition from Cornell University and a MS in journalism degree from Columbia University.[2] She began her journalistic career at The Raleigh Times, after receiving her undergraduate degree, and started at Ladies' Home Journal as a graduate student.[2]

Anderson helped organize the James Beard Journalism Awards[3] and for two years, co-chaired that committee. Though best known for her articles in Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, Gourmet, More, Travel Leisure and other magazines, Anderson served as assistant food editor, then managing editor of The Ladies’ Home Journal, as contributing editor at Family Circle and Diversion[4] magazines, as chief consulting editor for Reader's Digest cookbooks, and as food columnist for New York Newsday and the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. She was a member of the James Beard Cookbook Hall of Fame[5] and a charter member of Les Dames d’Escoffier[6] and the New York Women’s Culinary Alliance.[7] Anderson wrote around 30 books, with the last being published in 2019.[1]

An authority on Portugal, its food, wine, and folk art, Anderson traveled around that country for 40 years. Her Food of Portugal[8] was named "Best Foreign Cookbook" in the 1986 Tastemaker Awards.[9] Anderson's food, travel, and general features won various awards, among them, the Pulitzer Traveling Scholarship,[10] the George Hedman Travel Writing Award, and two commendations from the Portuguese government.

Personal life and death

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Anderson moved back to Chapel Hill in 2007, after spending much of her adult life in New York City.[2] She died at her home on January 24, 2023, at the age of 93.[1]

Bibliography

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  • The Art of American Indian Cooking (with Yeffe Kimball). Simon & Schuster: 1965.[1]
  • The Doubleday Cookbook (with Elaine Hanna). Doubleday: 1975. R.T. French Tastemaker Cookbook-of- the-Year as well as Best Basic Cookbook
  • Jean Anderson's Processor Cooking. William Morrow and Company, Inc.: 1979
  • Half a Can of Tomato Paste & Other Culinary Dilemmas (with Ruth Buchan). Harper & Row, 1980. Seagram/International Association of Culinary Professionals Award, Best Specialty Cookbook of the Year.
  • Jean Anderson Cooks: Her Kitchen Reference & Recipe Collection. William Morrow and Company, Inc.: 1982
  • Jean Anderson's New Processor Cooking. William Morrow and Company, Inc.: 1983
  • The New Doubleday Cookbook (with Elaine Hanna). Doubleday: 1985.
  • The Food of Portugal. William Morrow: 1986. Seagram/International Association of Culinary Professionals Award, Best Foreign Cookbook of the Year
  • The New German Cookbook (with Hedy Würz). HarperCollins: 1993
  • The American Century Cookbook. Clarkson Potter: 1997
  • The Good Morning America Cut the Calories Cookbook (co-edited with Sara Moulton). Hyperion: 2000
  • Dinners in a Dish or a Dash. William Morrow: 2000
  • Process This! New Recipes for the New Generation of Food Processors. William Morrow: 2003. James Beard Best Cookbook, Tools & Techniques Category
  • Quick Loaves. William Morrow: 2005
  • A Love Affair with Southern Cooking: Recipes and Recollections. Foreword by Sara Moulton. William Morrow: 2007
  • Falling Off the Bone. John Wiley & Sons: 2010
  • Kiln to Kitchen: Recipes from Beloved North Carolina Potters. University of North Carolina Press: 2019.[1]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e Hastings, Michael (February 10, 2023). "N.C. food writer remembered for her expertise and generous spirit". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d Green, Penelope (February 10, 2023). "Jean Anderson, Author Who Coaxed Shy Cooks Into Kitchen, Dies at 93". The New York Times. p. A21. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  3. ^ Welcome to the James Beard Foundation at www.jamesbeard.org
  4. ^ Diversion Magazine - For Physicians at Leisure Archived August 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine at www.diversionmag.com
  5. ^ "The James Beard Foundation Awards: Award Search". Archived from the original on August 20, 2007. Retrieved August 19, 2007.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 18, 2007. Retrieved August 19, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ NYWCA at www.nywca.org
  8. ^ Food of Portugal by Jean Anderson at www.harpercollins.com
  9. ^ "The James Beard Foundation Awards". Archived from the original on August 20, 2007. Retrieved August 19, 2007.
  10. ^ The Pulitzer Prizes | What's New at www.pulitzer.org
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