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Toni Tipton-Martin
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Chef Toni Tipton-Martin judges a chili recipe prepared for the Second Annual U. S. Department of Agriculture Chili Challenge Contest, 2011.
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| Born | March 6, 1959 Los Angeles, CA
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| Education | Bachelors in Journalism, University of Southern California 1981 |
| Awards | Julia Child Award, James Beard Foundation Award |
Toni Tipton-Martin is an American journalist and author who writes about food and nutrition. She has written several cookbooks, like Jubilee. She is also the editor-in-chief for Cook's Country magazine. Toni Tipton-Martin has won important awards, including the Julia Child Award and two James Beard awards.
About Toni Tipton-Martin
Toni Tipton-Martin started her career as a reporter. In the 1980s, she worked for the Los Angeles Times newspaper. Later, in 1991, she moved to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. There, she made history. She became the first Black person to lead the food section of a major U.S. newspaper.
In 2020, Toni Tipton-Martin became the editor-in-chief of Cook's Country. This is a well-known magazine about cooking. Her new role was part of a trend. Several Black women were chosen for top jobs at different magazines around that time.
Tipton-Martin's books focus on African American cooking. To write her books, she studied many old cookbooks. These books were written by Black Americans over many years. She even published one of her own books, The Jemima Code, by herself. She also appeared in a Netflix show called High on the Hog. This show explores how African American food has shaped America. Toni Tipton-Martin lives in Baltimore with her husband. She is a mother of four children.
Her Cookbooks
Toni Tipton-Martin has written or contributed to several cookbooks. These books share important stories and recipes.
- The Blue Grass Cook Book, by Minnie C. Fox (2005). Toni Tipton-Martin wrote the introduction for this book.
- The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks (2015). This book explores the history of African American cookbooks.
- Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African-American Cooking (2019). This cookbook shares recipes and stories from African American cooking history.
- Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs, and Juice: Cocktails from Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks (2023). This book looks at drinks from African American cookbooks.
Awards and Special Honors
Toni Tipton-Martin has received many important awards for her work. These awards celebrate her writing and research about food.
She has won two James Beard awards. These are like the "Oscars" for food writers.
- In 2016, she won for The Jemima Code. This award was for Reference and Scholarship.
- In 2020, her book Jubilee won Best American Cookbook.
In 2021, she received the Julia Child Award. This award comes from the Julia Child Foundation. It honors people who have made a big impact on the world of food.
She also received the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP) Trailblazer Award in 2020. The IACP also gave her its Book of the Year Award in 2020 for Jubilee.
Other awards she has received include:
- Media Award from the American Heart Association, 1988
- Nutrition Writing Award, 1988
- Media Excellence Award, 1989
- Los Angeles Times Editorial Award, 1991
- Harry A. Bell Grants for Food Writers, 2003
- John Egerton Prize, 2014
See also
- Bertha L. Turner, a person mentioned in Tipton-Martin's book
