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Eleanor Ostman

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Eleanor Ostman
BornHibbing, Minnesota, U.S.
SubjectFood

Eleanor Ostman is the former food columnist for the St. Paul Pioneer Press and author of Always on Sunday Revisited[1] and Minnesota Eats Out.

With colleague Ellen Carlson, Ostman won the 1994 James Beard Foundation Journalism Award.[2]

Biography

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She is a native of Hibbing, Minnesota[3] and a graduate of Macalester College where she studied journalism.[4]

Career

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Ostman’s weekly newspaper column was written from 1968 until 1998 and was called Tested Recipes and it was “ the longest running personal food column in U.S. history.”

Selected publications

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  • Celebrations to Remember co-written with Soile Anderson

References

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  1. ^ Fleming, Jess (September 10, 2014). "Checking in with St. Paul 'food mom' Eleanor Ostman". Pioneer Press. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
  2. ^ Woltman, Nick (July 21, 2022). "Ellen Carlson, James Beard award-winning former Pioneer Press columnist, dies at 93". Pioneer Press. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
  3. ^ Tyssen, Linda (June 10, 2020). "Finnish Americans and Friends a success story of rejuvenation". Mesabi Tribune. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
  4. ^ Patrice (November 27, 2012). "Cooking and writing it old-school with Eleanor Ostman". Twin Cities Daily Planet. Retrieved January 28, 2023.