Waverley Root
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.[1]
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.[2] 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
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "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/
