Sylvia Schur

Sylvia Schur (born 27 June 1917) is a food expert.

She wrote food columns for "PM", "Seventeen", "Look", "Woman's Home Companion", and "PARADE". [http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/women/chi-031217sylviaprofile,1,6983950.story 'Another day'--and so much to do] segment of [http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/women/chi-decadesnine-specialpackage,1,6219536.special 80s: A time to marvel] from the series "Defining Moments: A Journey Through the Decades"] [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D03E4DA1339F93BA25753C1A967948260&sec=health&spon= About Westchester] by Lynne Ames, "New York Times", October 18, 1981] She has written a number of cookbooks and is often credited for inventing the "dog-on-a-stick", the first recorded incarnation of the modern day corn dog.

She graduated from Hunter College in 1939, snared a job first as a market reporter for "PM", an ad-free New York newspaper, turned that into a food column for the paper and then went on to "Seventeen", where she convinced the editor that teens cared about food and became the magazine's first food editor. Her trail as food editor carried her to "Look", "Woman's Home Companion", an ill-fated magazine, and finally "Parade", where she succeeded Julia Child and preceded Sheila Lukins as food editor. Along the way, she got into product development for various food companies, such as Ocean Spray Cran-Apple juice, and helped develop the original menu of The Four Seasons Restaurant in New York City.

Following the death of her husband Saul Schur, just shy of their 50th wedding anniversary, Sylvia Schur married architect Kaneji Domoto, who died in 2002. She has 3 children, daughter Jane Smith, and sons, Stephen and Jonathan, and seven grandchildren.

Publications

Some of Schur's publications include:
*"Creative Cooking in 30 Minutes: Over 380 Imaginative and Delicious Recipes for the Busy *"Cook Who Likes Good Food" (1975)
*"The Tappan Creative Cookbook for Microwave Ovens and Ranges" (1976)
*"The "Woman's Day" New French Cookery" (1977)
*"Seagram's Complete Party Guide: How to Succeed at Party Planning, Drink Mixing, the Art of Hospitality" (1979)
*"Delicious Quick-Trim Diet" with Sam Baker (1983)
*"Woman's Day Crêpe Cookbook" (1984)
*"Trim a Treat Edible Christmas Decorations" (1984)
*"Dinner in Half an Hour" (1984)
*"Cheesecakes" (1984)
*"365 Easy Low-Calorie Recipes" (1990)

Her latest book, which she is currently writing, surveys her lifetime, focusing on food and women's changing roles.

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