Toni Tipton-Martin
Toni Tipton-Martin is an African-American food and nutrition journalist and author of several cookbooks, including Jubilee. She serves as the editor-in-chief for Cook's Country.[1]
Biography
Tipton-Martin previously worked as a reporter for the Los Angeles Times in the 1980s[1] and then moved to the Cleveland Plain Dealer in 1991 as the first Black person to serve as editor of a food section for a large U.S. newspaper.[2] She was named as the editor in chief for Cook's Country in 2020, replacing former editor Tucker Shaw. Her role as editor-in-chief was seen as significant because she was among a group of several other Black women at the same time who were named to top roles for various magazines.[1][2]
Tipton-Martin moved to Baltimore in 2018 with her husband.[3] She is the mother of four.[4]
Tipton-Martin appeared in the Netflix docuseries High on the Hog.
Books
She has written several books, including The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks (University of Texas Press, 2015)[5] and Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African-American Cooking (Clarkson Potter, 2019). She self-published The Jemima Code after presenting it to an agent who then disappeared.[3] Both books focus on the cooking of African Americans, and as part of the work involved in writing them, Tipton-Martin researched various historical cookbooks by Black Americans.[3][6]
In 2005, she published a reprint of an early 20th century cookbook, The Blue Grass Cook Book, by Minnie C. Fox (University Press of Kentucky).[7]
Awards and honors
Tipton-Martin is the winner of two James Beard awards.[8] In 2016, she won the Reference and Scholarship award for The Jemima Code, and Jubilee was awarded Best American Cookbook in 2020.[9]
Tipton-Martin is the recipient of the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) Trailblazer Award (2020)[10] and its Book of the Year Award (2020, for Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African-American Cooking).[11]
References
- ^ a b c Severson, Kim (2020-09-15). "Cook's Country Gets a New Editor, Toni Tipton-Martin". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ^ a b "Toni Tipton-Martin To Lead 'Cook's Country' Magazine". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ^ a b c IV, John-John Williams. "After settling into Baltimore, award winning author Toni Tipton-Martin is plotting her next cooking move". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ^ "Biography | Toni Tipton-Martin". Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ The Jemima Code Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks By Toni Tipton-Martin; forewords by John Egerton and Barbara Haber. 2015-07-20. ISBN 978-0-292-74548-3.
- ^ Stewart, Kayla (June 18, 2020). "Toni Tipton-Martin's Jubilee Is a Source of Black Joy". SeriousEats.com.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "The Blue Grass Cook Book". The University Press of Kentucky. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ "Toni Tipton-Martin | James Beard Foundation". www.jamesbeard.org. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ Broyles, Addie. "'Jubilee' wins James Beard Award for best American cookbook". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ Steel, Tanya. "Trailblazer Award Winners". IACP. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ Steel, Tanya. "Cookbook Award Winners & Runners-Up". IACP. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
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