how Maida Heatter became famous

(unless you're a baking foodie, you probably don't think she's famous)

OK, so first: As far as I know, you can't really get canned elephant meat anymore, since African elephants made the endangered species list in the '80s. But 40 years ago you could, and in 1968, when the Republicans had their national convention in Miami, an enterprising local restaurateur called her daughter up in New York and had her send down a couple of cases of canned elephant meat from Bloomingdale's for a festive special: elephant omelets. They didn't sell a single order, but the stunt worked: Craig Claiborne, food editor of the New York Times, flew down to interview the cook and, incidentally, was blown away by her desserts. He urged her to write a book, and so was born the career of cookbook legend Maida Heatter.

http://www.salon.com/food/feature/2010/07/30/convenience_foods_slide_show/slideshow.html (slide 9)

For the Curious, the Internet is

the greatest thing ever! I continually do searches where one thing leads to another and I learn all kinds of stuff. So, I will use this blog to capture what I learned on the Internet today.