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

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

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

  • 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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Hastings, Michael (February 10, 2023). "N.C. food writer remembered for her expertise and generous spirit". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 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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