Peggy Katalinich
Peggy Katalinich, food director of Family Circle , began covering food and nutrition issues in 1974, first as the food editor of the Minneapolis Star and later as food editor of Long Island's Newsday . In 1994, she was appointed food editor of Family Circle , the world's largest-selling women's magazine with a circulation of 4.6 million, overseeing the staff that creates and triple-tests hundreds of recipes each year in the magazine's kitchens. She has edited three cookbooks for Family Circle:...See more
Peggy Katalinich, food director of Family Circle , began covering food and nutrition issues in 1974, first as the food editor of the Minneapolis Star and later as food editor of Long Island's Newsday . In 1994, she was appointed food editor of Family Circle , the world's largest-selling women's magazine with a circulation of 4.6 million, overseeing the staff that creates and triple-tests hundreds of recipes each year in the magazine's kitchens. She has edited three cookbooks for Family Circle: All-time Favorite Recipes, Quick & Easy Recipes, and Best-Ever Cakes & Cookies . Her column, "Cooking Know-How," advises cooks on contemporary topics from meals in minutes to vegetarianism and suggests the best from new products, gadgets, and food. She also wrote Foods of Long Island (Abrams), a collection of regional recipes that was named "Best Regional Cookbook" in 1986 by the IACP. In 1997, she was named food editor of year by the James Beard Foundation. See less
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