Food column
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A food column is a type of newspaper column
Column (newspaper)
A column is a recurring piece or article in a newspaper, magazine or other publication. Columns are written by columnists.What differentiates a column from other forms of journalism is that it meets each of the following criteria:...

 dealing with food. It may be focused on recipes, health trends, or improving efficiency. It is generally geared towards gourmet
Gourmet
Gourmet is a cultural ideal associated with the culinary arts of fine food and drink, or haute cuisine, which is characterised by elaborate preparations and presentations of large meals of small, often quite rich courses...

s or "foodies". Since 1994, food writers have also written columns and blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...

s on the web. Kate Heyhoe
Kate Heyhoe
Katherine Evelyn Heyhoe is an American editor and food writer.- Biography :Heyhoe was born in Los Angeles, California. She is a graduate of the University of Texas, where she received her Master's Degree from the Department of Radio-Television-Film.She has been a member of the International...

's Internet column first appeared on the electronic Gourmet Guide in December 1994 and became the centerpiece of its own website, The Global Gourmet, in 1996, making her one the longest, continuously-running food blogger/columnists on the web.

Food columnists in the English-speaking world

Some food columnist
Columnist
A columnist is a journalist who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and other publications, including blogs....

s of note include:
  • Julia Child
    Julia Child
    Julia Child was an American chef, author, and television personality. She is recognized for introducing French cuisine to the American public with her debut cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and her subsequent television programs, the most notable of which was The French Chef, which...

  • Sylvia Schur
    Sylvia Schur
    Sylvia Zipser Schur was an American food columnist and innovator. She wrote cookbooks and has been credited with developing Clamato and cranapple juice. She also wrote recipes for Ann Page and Betty Crocker and helped develop menus for restaurants, including the Four Seasons in Manhattan...

  • Judith Huxley
    Judith Huxley
    Judith Huxley was an American food columnist for the Washington Post.She was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She lived in New York, New York, where she was a publicity writer for the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies Appeal and was also a writer for the Rockefeller Foundation and J. Walter...

  • Sheila Lukins
    Sheila Lukins
    Sheila Lukins , was an American cook and food writer. She was most famous as the co-author, with Julee Rosso, of the The Silver Palate series of cookbooks, and The New Basics Cookbook, a very popular set of food guides which introduced many Americans to French, Southern and Eastern European cooking...

  • John T. Edge
    John T. Edge
    John T. Edge is a food writer and commentator and the director of the Southern Foodways Alliance, an institute of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, though he has no formal training or education in culinary arts...

  • Craig Claiborne
    Craig Claiborne
    Craig Claiborne was an American restaurant critic, food writer and former food editor of the New York Times. He was the author of numerous cookbooks and an autobiography...

  • Loreen Neville
  • Kate Heyhoe
    Kate Heyhoe
    Katherine Evelyn Heyhoe is an American editor and food writer.- Biography :Heyhoe was born in Los Angeles, California. She is a graduate of the University of Texas, where she received her Master's Degree from the Department of Radio-Television-Film.She has been a member of the International...

  • Christopher Kimball
    Christopher Kimball
    Christopher Kimball is an American chef, editor, publisher, and radio/TV personality.- Education and career :Kimball was born and raised in Westchester County, New York. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy and then Columbia University with a degree in Primitive Art. After graduating from...

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