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Emma Paddock Telford
b. 1851
A lively American writer and journalist, she turned practical know-how into popular books on cooking, housekeeping, and entertaining, while also reporting on the wider world as a correspondent and traveler.
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Standard Paper-Bag Cookery
by Emma Paddock Telford
About the author
Born on November 9, 1851, Emma Paddock Telford was an American writer, editor, war correspondent, and traveler. She built a varied career in newspapers and magazines, writing not only about domestic life but also about public events and life beyond the home.
She is especially remembered for books on cookery, housekeeping, and social entertaining, including works such as Standard Paper-Bag Cookery, Good Housekeeper's Cook Book, and The Book of Parties and Pastimes. Her writing had a practical, accessible feel that fit the growing early-20th-century appetite for useful household advice.
Telford also worked for major New York papers and magazines, including the New-York Tribune, The New York Herald, and the New York Evening Telegram. She died on January 26, 1920, leaving behind a career that mixed domestic expertise with journalism, travel, and a wider curiosity about the world.