Miriam Ungerer

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Miriam Ungerer (born Miriam Lancaster , married Miriam Strandquest (1st marriage) and Miriam Ungerer-Sheed (3rd marriage), born September 15, 1928 in Spartanburg ; † June 4, 2015 in Great Barrington , Massachusetts ) was an author, who specialized in cookbooks and worked as a food journalist.

Life

Her parents were George and Marguerite Combahee Lancaster. At a young age, she began a lifelong “culinary journey” that took her to various kitchens in the USA and Europe . For a long time, starting on August 7, 1969, she wrote the column "Long Island Larder" (German Long Island Pantry ) for "The East Hampton Star". The column continued until December 2005. Her recipes and cooking skills met with a public response.

At the age of 18 she married her first husband, Duane Strandquest, who worked for the US Air Force ; the couple lived in Florida , Texas , Wiesbaden and Erding . The daughters Dominique Michelle and Pamela Strandquest emerged from the marriage. In her second marriage she married the graphic artist and writer Tomi Ungerer , with whom she lived in Manhattan ; there she ran a "design research business". The couple had their daughter Phöbe Ungerer (born May 24, 1961).

In 1972 she married the novelist Wilfred Sheed (December 27, 1930 - January 19, 2011), nominated for the National Book Award . The couple first lived in Sag Harbor (New York) and then in North Haven on Long Iceland in New York State . After her husband died, she moved to Great Barrington to be closer to her daughter.

According to her daughter, she died of a stroke in her home while she was preparing a clam dish for the family.

Works

  • (in cooperation with Tomi Ungerer) Come Into My Parlor. Atheneum , 1963.
  • Too Hot to Cook Book. Walker Press, 1966.
  • Good cheap food. Viking Press 1973 (revised edition Ecco Press , 1996).
  • Country Food: A Seasonal Journal. Random House 1983.
  • Summertime Food. Random House 1989.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ungerer Miriam on librarything, accessed February 14, 2019
  2. ↑ Helen S. Rattray: Miriam Ungerer of 'Long Island Larder'. In The East Hampton Star on June 27, 2013. Retrieved February 14, 2019
  3. ↑ In Maryann Calendrille: Sag Harbor Is: A Literary Celebration. UNET 2 Corporation, 2006, p. 189, accessed February 14, 2019
  4. ↑ Sooooop of the Evening, Beautiful soup. New York Magazine on February 10, 1975, accessed February 14, 2019
  5. ↑ Christopher Lehmann-Haupt: Wilfrid Sheed, Writer of Gentle Wit, Dies at 80th New York Times, January 19, 2011
  6. ^ Matt Schudel: Novelist, memoirist known for sparkling prose. Washington Post, January 21, 2011, accessed February 14, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Ungerer, Miriam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lancaster, Miriam (maiden name); Beach quest, Miriam; Ungerer-Sheed, Miriam (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Spartanburg
DATE OF DEATH 4th June 2015
Place of death Great Barrington , Massachusetts