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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Use American English Шаблон:Infobox person Carol Brock (December 14, 1923, Queens – July 27, 2020, Manhasset, New York) was a food critic and founder of Les Dames d'Escoffier.[1] She was also a philanthropist.[2] The State University of New York at Cobleskill awarded her a doctorate of Humane Letters in 2016.[3]

Early life and education

Carol Jean Lang was the only child of Charles and Helen. Her father ran a butcher shop, while her mother was a homemaker, and the family lived in Beechhurst, Queens. She earned a home economics degree from Queens College, City University of New York and a master's in food science from New York University. She married accountant Emil Andrew Brock when she was 20 years old.[1]

Career

Brock was a food journalist at the New York Daily News who strove to break what she called the "Pyrex ceiling".[1]

Earlier, she worked for 23 years at Good Housekeeping magazine before spending three years as food editor of Parents magazine before moving to the Daily News in 1971.[1]

She started at Good Housekeeping as an assistant food editor. Responsible for developing recipes, Brock eventually was a contributing editor for several of the magazine's cookbooks.[2]

Death

At the age of 96, Brock died of respiratory failure at North Shore Hospital.[4] She was survived by sons Brian and Craig.[1]

References

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