Clementine Paddleford Tribute

Writer Kelly Alexander pays tribute to journalist Clementine Paddleford in Hometown Appetites: The Story of Clementine Paddleford, the Forgotten Food Writer Who Chronicled How America Ate. Paddleford documented regional American food while she worked for the New York Hearld Tribune and commanded a readership of 12 million people a week. Housed at The Hale Library at Kansas State University, the Clementine Paddleford Papers (1920 - 1967) is a collection that includes menus, diaries, photographs, 25 scrapbooks, and more than 100 boxes of clippings as well as other memorabilia.

Photo credit: Kansas State University Archives

Apple Dumplings

Yields: 6 servings

• 1 cup sifted all-purpose flour

• 2 tsps baking powder

• ¼ tsp salt

• 2 eggs

• 1/3 cup light cream

• 2 cups boiling water

• 3 medium apples, peeled, cored, and cut into 12 slices each (about 6 cups sliced apples)

• ¼ cup butter

• ½ cup sugar

• 1 tsp lemon juice

Music break: Thousand Galaxies by Jean Jacques Robert