Tipton-Martin, Toni
c.1958- · Contribution: 1998-2025
Literature & Writing
Became the first Black food reporter at the Los Angeles Times and first Black food editor of a major newspaper at The Plain Dealer; authored 'The Jemima Code,' which traced two centuries of African American cookbooks and won the James Beard Award for Research and Scholarship despite an agent initially telling her there was no market for the subject
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- Born
- c.1958-
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- Literature & Writing
Impact on the world
Tipton-Martin recovered and honored the professional legacy of Black cooks and cookbook authors, dismantling the assumption that all Black American cooking is 'soul food.'
Sources
- James Beard Foundation
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