Word: rombauer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most brides, the guide during the transitional years was Irma Rombauer's Joy of Cooking, a primer that marked a distinct advance upon Fannie...
...Author Rombauer, widowed since her husband's death in 1930, became a celebrity of sorts. Fan mail, at the rate of 2,000 letters a day, streamed into her St. Louis home; the Cordon Bleu and London's Flower School brought out an English edition of The Joy of Cooking; the story goes that an eloping bride sent her family a cable-AM MARRIED. ORDER ANNOUNCEMENTS. SEND ME ROMBAUER COOKBOOK AT ONCE...
Herbs in the Ozarks. Interested in art and opera, Mrs. Rombauer was conspicuous in nearly every cultural enterprise the city offered, served as president of St. Louis' Women's Symphony Society. Once a week she retired to her country cottage in the Ozarks, where she grew herbs and worked on revisions of her book; there she kept drinks and sauces on hand, but welcomed unannounced friends for dinner only if they arrived with staples in hand...
...stroke curtailed her activities and impaired her speech. She took to her bed in her city apartment, where a staff of four Negro maids attended her, prepared the new dishes she devised, and brought them to her for tasting and correction. Last week, at the age of 83, Irma Rombauer died, leaving two children, two grandchildren, and legions of cooks to whom her book was-and is-the kitchen bible...
Died. Irma Rombauer, 83, author of The Joy of Cooking, the brides' benison; of an embolism; in St. Louis (see MODERN LIVING...