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Never grow a wishbone…
Where a backbone ought to be

– Clementine Paddelford

Complete biography here. Some excepts:

Born on September 27, 1898, at Stockdale, Kansas, to Solon and Jennie (Romick) Paddleford, Clementine Paddleford became one of the most widely read and best-known food editors in the world, charming her readers with her fanciful prose.

In 1943, Paddleford opened her home to a deceased friend’s daughter, Claire Duffe, whom she raised as her own. She learned to pilot a plane, completing her first solo flight on September 30, 1951. This allowed her to speed up her research, zigzagging across the United States and the Atlantic. Paddleford’s career gave her the opportunity to explore a wide range of experiences, from a mess hall for lumberjacks in the Northwest woods and chili parlors in Texas, to a hobo camp in Kansas and dinners of state with kings.