Waldo, Myra 1916(?)-2004
WALDO, Myra 1916(?)-2004
OBITUARY NOTICE—
See index for CA sketch: Born c. 1916, in New York, NY; died of congestive heart failure July 25, 2004, in Beverly Hills, CA. Author. Waldo was a well-known cookbook and travel author. Somewhat of a late bloomer, she left her studies at Columbia University when she was married and did not start publishing books until editing The CompleteRound-the-World Cookbook (1954), which combined her interests in travel and food. Dozens of other cookbooks followed, including Dining out in Any Language (1956; revised edition, 1962), The Complete Book of Oriental Cooking (1960), and The Casserole Cookbook (1963), as well as travel guides such as Travel Guide to Europe (1960; revised edition, 1966) and Myra Waldo's Travel and Motoring Guide to Europe (1964; seventh edition, 1979). During the late 1960s, Waldo also worked for Macmillan Publishing as a special-projects director, and from 1968 to 1972 she was the food and travel editor for WCBS in New York City. She continued actively writing into the 1980s, releasing such titles as Classic Cuisines (1984) and Myra Waldo's Travel Guide to the South Pacific (1981); she also contributed to the Los Angeles Times travel section as a columnist in the 1980s, as well as serving as food editor to the Baltimore Sun.
OBITUARIES AND OTHER SOURCES:
PERIODICALS
Los Angeles Times, July 29, 2004, p. B11.
New York Times, July 29, 2004, p. A18.