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'Elizabeth Josephine Craig', MBE, FRSA (16th February 1883 - 7th June 1980) was a British food writer, Journalist, Home Economist and one of the most renowned British Celebrity chefs of the 20th Century, whose career lasted over 50 years.
| Contents |
| Early Life and Marriage |
| Journalism |
| Cooking |
| Commercial Endorsements |
| Awards |
| Publications |
| Promotional Recipe Books |
| Books on Housekeeping and Gardening |
| Translations |
| Radio Appearances |
| Filmography |
| References |
Early Life and Marriage
Elizabeth Craig was born in Linlithgowshire (now West Lothian), Scotland to John Mitchell Craig (then a Student of Divinity) and Catherine Anne Craig.
In later life, she married American war correspondent Arthur Mann, yet retained her maiden name for the purpose of her books.
Journalism
Elizabeth Craig's writing career began in Dundee where she studied journalism[1].
She first published a cookery feature in the Daily Express in 1920, after 8 years in journalism, following comments from the Daily Mail’s then film editor who declared she was “the only woman in Fleet Street who could cook”[2].
This talented writer was soon noticed by other newspapers and magazines who engaged her to write for them, and she published her first book in 1923. A successful career ensued, publications appearing in many national newspapers, and many more books being written. Craig, like many other food writers successfully managed to make a career from her love and passion for cooking[3].
Craig was also a founding member of the International P.E.N., and at the request of the founder, Catharine Dawson Scott, attended the first meeting of the association at the Florence Restaurant in London where John Galsworthy was elected its first president[4]
Cooking
Elizabeth Craig’s love of cooking lasted her whole life. She started to cook when she was six and she started to collect recipes from the age of 12[5]. She declared that the only formal training she had in cookery was a “three months course in Dundee”[6].
Craig began publishing cookery books after the end of World War I and proceeded through World War II and into the 1980s. She began writing in times when food was scarce and rationing was heavily relied upon, and her career ended when the large majority of people had a fridge and an opportunity to access a much wider variety of foods : this can be observed in her writing as more diverse dishes appear in her later books.
Her contribution to English Culinary literature comprises of a very large corpus of traditional British Recipes, although not only this: included are also a considerable collection of recipes from further afar which she liked to collect during visits abroad[7].
Commercial Endorsements
As well as publishing many books, Craig also capitalised on her celebrity status as a household name in other ways: she endorsed many food products, restaurants, kitchen apparatus and slimming aids both in newspaper advertisements and in promotional recipe books.
Awards
Apart from those listed above, Craig was also awarded at the Woman of the Year Awards at the Savoy Hotel in London in 1967.
Publications
Translations
★ ''1961'' So kocht man in Skandinavien
★ ''1962'' Und Alles mit Bier
Radio Appearances
★ ''1930'' Many dishes from 1 chicken (October 3rd)
Filmography
★ ''1956'' Elizabeth Craig's Baking Secrets
References
1. The Times: ''The Times Diary - Campari and pie with the chaps'', 1977
2. Eastern Evening News: ''Kathleen Burke's View - Elizabeth Craig's new book'', 5/6/1968
3. The Times: Obituaries, 11/6/1980
4. The Times, 25/6/1980
5. As note 2, above
6. As note 1, above
7. Collins: ''Cooking with Elizabeth Craig'', ed. 1949
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