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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. She received the Julia Child Award in 2021, and two James Beard awards.[1]

Toni Tipton-Martin
Chef Toni Tipton-Martin judges a chili recipe prepared for the Second Annual U. S. Department of Agriculture Chili Challenge Contest, 2011.
Born (1959-03-06) March 6, 1959 (age 65)
Los Angeles, CA
EducationBachelors in Journalism, University of Southern California 1981
AwardsJulia Child Award, James Beard Foundation Award
Websitehttps://tonitiptonmartin.com/

Biography

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Tipton-Martin worked as a reporter for the Los Angeles Times in the 1980s.[1] She moved to the Cleveland Plain Dealer in 1991, where she was 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 noted as one of several Black women who were named to top roles for various magazines at the same time.[1][2] Tipton-Martin's 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][4] She self-published The Jemima Code after presenting it to an agent who then disappeared.[3] In 2005, she published a reprint of an early 20th century cookbook, [5] Tipton-Martin appeared in the Netflix docuseries High on the Hog.She moved to Baltimore in 2018 with her husband.[3] She is the mother of four.[6]

Books

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  • The Blue Grass Cook Book, by Minnie C. Fox (University Press of Kentucky, 2005). Tipton-Martin wrote the introduction.
  • The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks (University of Texas Press, 2015)[7]
  • Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African-American Cooking (Clarkson Potter, 2019).
  • Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs, and Juice: Cocktails from Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks (2023).

Awards and honors

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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] She was the 2021 recipient of the Julia Child Award from the Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts.[10] Tipton-Martin is the recipient of the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) Trailblazer Award (2020)[11] and its Book of the Year Award (2020, for Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African-American Cooking).[12]


See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "Toni Tipton-Martin To Lead 'Cook's Country' Magazine". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  3. ^ a b c IV, John-John Williams (8 July 2020). "After settling into Baltimore, award winning author Toni Tipton-Martin is plotting her next cooking move". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  4. ^ Stewart, Kayla (June 18, 2020). "Toni Tipton-Martin's Jubilee Is a Source of Black Joy". SeriousEats.com.
  5. ^ "The Blue Grass Cook Book". The University Press of Kentucky. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  6. ^ "Biography | Toni Tipton-Martin". Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  7. ^ Tipton-Martin, Toni (2015-07-20). The Jemima Code Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks By Toni Tipton-Martin; forewords by John Egerton and Barbara Haber. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-74548-3.
  8. ^ "Toni Tipton-Martin | James Beard Foundation". www.jamesbeard.org. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  9. ^ Broyles, Addie. "'Jubilee' wins James Beard Award for best American cookbook". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  10. ^ Heil, Emily (June 2, 2021). "Toni Tipton-Martin, groundbreaking author and editor, wins Julia Child Award". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-02-01.
  11. ^ Steel, Tanya. "Trailblazer Award Winners". IACP. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  12. ^ Steel, Tanya. "Cookbook Award Winners & Runners-Up". IACP. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h "Toni Tipton-Martin". Who's Who Among African Americans. Gale. 2023 – via Gale in Context: Biography.
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