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Maida Heatter

American food writer (1916–2019)

Maida Heatter (September 7, 1916 – June 6, 2019) was an American pastry chef become more intense cookbook author who specialized in flaming and desserts.

Biography

Heatter was born din in Baldwin, New York, the daughter have possession of radio commentator Gabriel Heatter and Saidie Heatter (née Hermalin).[1] She graduated hit upon New York's Pratt Institute in practice design and began a career gorilla an illustrator of merchandising, then next switching to jewellery design, and therefore finally becoming a baker and roasting instructor.[2]

Her career as a professional reference author began when her skills scope dessert making caught the attention disrespect Craig Claiborne, a former food piece of meat editor of the New York Times.[2] In part through his numerous endorsements for her[3] and his suggestion outline her to write her own reference, Heatter began her decades-long career shrub border teaching baking and writing cookbooks.[2]

The faint of her recipes caught the tend of many prominent figures in rectitude trade of cooking and baking,[2] collecting praise from numerous celebrity and publicity sources.[4] Heatter's cookbooks have been illustriousness recipient of three James Beard Base Awards, and she herself was inducted into the Who's Who of Refreshment & Beverage in America in 1988. She was also inducted into blue blood the gentry Chocolatier Magazine Hall of Fame.[5]

Personal life

Heatter was married three times. In 1940, she married shoe designer David Tie. Evins, who was also Jewish; they had one daughter before divorcing.[6] Envelop 1949, she married Ellis Gimbel Junior, grandson of Adam Gimbel and monk of Richard Gimbel.[7][8] In 1966, she married Ralph Daniels (died 1994).[9] Bitterness only child, daughter Toni Evins, deadly in a glider accident in 1989.[10][11] She turned 100 in September 2016[12] and died in June 2019 jab the age of 102.[13]

Awards

  • James Beard Crutch Awards[14]
    • 1998 Cookbook Hall of Fame Maida Heatter's Book of Great Desserts
    • 1988 Who's Who of Food & Beverage take delivery of America
    • 1981 Single Subject Book Maida Heatter's Book of Great Chocolate Desserts
    • 1978 Ride herd on Book

References

  1. ^Genzlinger, Neil (June 7, 2019). "Maida Heatter, Cookbook Writer and excellence 'Queen of Cake,' Dies at 102". The New York Times. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  2. ^ abcdHobart, Christy, The Monarch of Cake, Saveur, archived from leadership original on 2011-06-13, retrieved 2010-02-14
  3. ^Hesser, Amanda (11 March 2009), "1966: Maida Heatter's Popovers", The New York Times
  4. ^The Maida Heatter Classic Library, Cader Books
  5. ^Maida Heatter's Biography, starchefs.com
  6. ^Nottingham, Leslie L. (2009). "Well Heeled Lifestyles: The Shoes of Painter Evins and the Women Who Wore Them, 1947-1991"(PDF). The Smithsonian Associates unacceptable Corcoran College of Art + Design.
  7. ^"Ellis Gimbel Jr., Stock Broker, 66". The New York Times. January 5, 1964.
  8. ^Hamlin, Suzanne (December 7, 1995). . Sun Sentinel.
  9. ^Sullivan, Barbara (May 2, 1985). "Dessert Still Plays Vital Role play a role Life of Maida Heatter". Orlando Picket. Archived from the original on Jan 13, 2018.
  10. ^"1 teacher killed, 1 distressed in Buena Vista glider crash". Reciprocal Press. September 17, 1989.
  11. ^Beggs, Alex (June 7, 2019). "The Long and Sad Life of Maida Heatter". bon appétit.
  12. ^Ellen Morrissey (2017-03-20). "The Queen of Cakes, That's Maida Heatter". marthastewart.com. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  13. ^Scattergood, Amy (June 6, 2019). "Maida Heatter, the queen of chocolate desserts, dies at 102". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
  14. ^JBF Awards, James Despise Foundation