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'''Waverley Lewis Root''' (April 15, 1903 - October 31, 1982) was a [[writer]] and [[journalist]]. Root was known as the dean of American foreign journalists in Paris, and for publishing his historical book on French cuisine, ''The Food of France'' in 1958.<ref>"Waverly Root, at 79; food writer, was dean of US newsmen in Paris, The Boston Globe, November 03, 1982, Page 56, | https://www.newspapers.com/image/437349093/?article=454b2a5f-b059-4e21-8cb1-a58df6341e1a&terms=%22waverly%20root%22</ref>
==Early Life and Education==
Born in [[Providence, Rhode Island]] and raised in [[Massachusetts]]. Root attended [[Tufts University]]. Root was married four times.
==Career==
Root was the [[Paris]] correspondent for the [[Chicago Tribune]], and then [[The Washington Post]]. Root was a columnist for the [[International Herald Tribune]]. Later in life, Root was the food writer for the Paris Herald-Tribune.<ref>"A Groaning Board of Scrumptious New Food Books", Rod Cockshutt, The News and Observer, Dec 01, 1974, Page 56| https://www.newspapers.com/image/653123965/</ref> Root was reporting abroad from 1927-1940.
Root's 1946 book that covered the [[Katyn Forest Massacre]] wrongly repeated Soviet [[propaganda]] that the killings were committed by Germans. Yet by that time, it was clear that it was a [[Soviet]] crime.
==Publications==
* The Truth about Wagner (1928)
* Casablanca to Katyn: The Secret History of the War (1946)
* Winter Sports in Europe (1956)
* The Food of France (1958)
* The Cooking of Italy (1968)
* Paris Dining Guide (1969)
* The Food of Italy (1971)
* Eating in America: A History (1976) – with Richard De Rochemont
* Food, an Authoritative and Visual History and Dictionary of the Foods of the World (1980)
* The Paris Edition: The Autobiography of Waverley Root, 1927-1934 (1987)
==References==
==Early Life and Education==
Born in [[Providence, Rhode Island]] and raised in [[Massachusetts]]. Root attended [[Tufts University]]. Root was married four times.
==Career==
Root was the [[Paris]] correspondent for the [[Chicago Tribune]], and then [[The Washington Post]]. Root was a columnist for the [[International Herald Tribune]]. Later in life, Root was the food writer for the Paris Herald-Tribune.<ref>"A Groaning Board of Scrumptious New Food Books", Rod Cockshutt, The News and Observer, Dec 01, 1974, Page 56| https://www.newspapers.com/image/653123965/</ref> Root was reporting abroad from 1927-1940.
Root's 1946 book that covered the [[Katyn Forest Massacre]] wrongly repeated Soviet [[propaganda]] that the killings were committed by Germans. Yet by that time, it was clear that it was a [[Soviet]] crime.
==Publications==
* The Truth about Wagner (1928)
* Casablanca to Katyn: The Secret History of the War (1946)
* Winter Sports in Europe (1956)
* The Food of France (1958)
* The Cooking of Italy (1968)
* Paris Dining Guide (1969)
* The Food of Italy (1971)
* Eating in America: A History (1976) – with Richard De Rochemont
* Food, an Authoritative and Visual History and Dictionary of the Foods of the World (1980)
* The Paris Edition: The Autobiography of Waverley Root, 1927-1934 (1987)
==References==