Joanne Kaufman

1 month ago | news.nestia.com | Joanne Kaufman

AT HOME WITH Amy IrvingThe actor reflected on what means most to her, as she gets ready to release an album of Willie Nelson covers. By Joanne Kaufman Photographs by Katherine Marks ……

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Joanne Kaufman

AT HOME WITH The actor reflected on what means most to her, as she gets ready to release an album of Willie Nelson covers. In 2009, Amy Irving's house, a converted barn in Westchester County, burned to the ground. The cause was never determined. "The insurance company sure wishes someone could figure out what happened," said Ms. Irving, 71, an actor who is best known for her roles in "Carrie" (1976), "Yentl" (1983) and "Crossing Delancey " (1988).

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Joanne Kaufman

Joan Dye Gussow, a nutritionist and educator who was often referred to as the matriarch of the “Eat locally, think globally” food movement, died Friday at her home in Piermont, N.Y. She was 96. Her death, from congestive heart failure, was announced by Pamela A. Koch, an associate professor of nutrition education at Teachers College, Columbia University, where Dr. Gussow, a professor emeritus, had taught for more than 50 years.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Joanne Kaufman

Joan Dye Gussow, a nutritionist and educator who was often referred to as the matriarch of the "eat locally, think globally" food movement, died on Friday at her home in Piermont, NY., in Rockland County. She was 96. Her death, from congestive heart failure, was announced by Pamela A. Koch, an associate professor of nutrition education at Teachers College, Columbia University, where Ms. Gussow, a professor emeritus, had taught for more than half a century.

1 month ago | wsj.com | Joanne Kaufman

When John O’Shea, a bootlegger turned real-estate investor, died all but broke in 1931, his cosseted 16-year-old daughter, Dorothy, suddenly had to figure out how to make her own way in the world. Fresh out of the University of Maryland in the early 1960s and disinclined to put her education degree to work, Loudell Insley thought she could get a job as a receptionist. Her father thought otherwise. “No man in his right mind,” he told Loudell, “would hire you at a living wage.”