Secret Recipes“The Recipe Detective” was the name given to Gloria Pitzer, in the 1970s, by a Detroit radio audience because she investigated the secrets of the food industry, coming up with workable recipes for imitating famous foods from famous places so struggling families could dine in like they were eating out.
I Keep the Munchies Away by Writing By Mike Royko [Detroit Free Press, The Feature Page; MONDAY, DEC. 10, 1973] IF YOU spend any time in this corner, you have noticed lately that I have been writing a lot about food, restaurants and eating. It always happens when I go on a strict diet. I […]
Sometime in the mid-1970s, Gloria Pitzer [quit] her job as food editor at a local paper because she insisted on giving readers the recipes they wanted, not the recipes her editor felt they ought to want. Still convinced that she was right, she took in ironing until she had scraped up enough to purchase a […]