About Marie Nightingale
Lived 1928 – 2014 (aged 85–86). Marie Nightingale was a Canadian columnist, editor and writer.
Marie Nightingale (1928–15 March 2014) was a Canadian cookbook writer from Nova Scotia, best known for her 1970 cookbook Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens.
Biography Marie Nightingale was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1928, to parents Raymond and Violette Johnston . Before she began writing, she worked in radio as a women's commentator on CHNS and CJCH in Halifax and CFAB in Windsor. The book's popularity provided Nightingale opportunities as a food columnist, and she had a long and celebrated career writing for The Chronicle Herald and the Mail-Star. She was the founding food editor for Saltscapes Magazine.
Publications
Recognition Edna Staebler Lifetime Achievement Award (1998), conferred by Cuisine Canada Taste Canada Hall of Fame (2011) Canadian Food Hero Award (2013), conferred by Slow Food Canada
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Who was Marie Nightingale?
Nova Scotian author and columnist best known for her cookbook Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens (1928–2014)
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Marie Nightingale was born in 1928 in Halifax.
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Marie Nightingale died on 15 March 2014.
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Marie Nightingale was a columnist, editor and writer.
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Marie Nightingale was Canadian.
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