Sunday, October 20, 2024
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Vintage Betty Crocker Billboard
I really love this old billboard and the vague weirdness of the placement of Betty vs. the food. She's not holding up the pancakes but they are at shoulder height. And she doesn't look all that happy nor convincing that the pancakes will be perfect. See a full-res image here.
In case you're wondering, I'm still hard at work on the new Betty Crocker project. It requires a lot of research, on top of the research I already did for my book and documentary film on Betty Crocker. If you would have asked me back in 2007 if I would still be researching Betty Crocker I would have stared at you blankly. Now today, I might do the same thing, but that's only out of exhaustion. (Happy exhaustion, I swear!)
Keep on being curious.
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Betty Crocker Radio Artist January 8, 1936
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Happy May Day Vintage Betty Crocker Fans!
When my grandmother gave me this letter that she had saved for so many decades, it was the first time in my life I was speechless. It's true; not a lot can shut me up but this sure did.
You can read more about it in my book, Finding Betty Crocker.
Saturday, March 30, 2024
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Betty Crocker and Norman Rockwell
I've been looking at old radio scripts from some of Betty Crocker's numerous radios shows. Cooking School of the Air wasn't her only show. Mercy me, no. (as Grandma would say) This one is fantastic, she was interviewing Norman Rockwell. He would go on to paint a portrait of Betty that was not ultimately chosen. I write about it in my book, Finding Betty Crocker.
Sunday, March 24, 2024
Let them Bake Cake, The Food that Built America on the History Channel, Season 5, episode 5
Also, I think people associate me more with my documentary on The Nutshells Studies of Unexplained Death, John Waters and Frances Glessner Lee rather than Betty. Still, it's nice to work on many interesting projects. If you want to know more please visit my website.