Jonell Nash

Jonell Nash (December 20, 1942 – February 27, 2015) was a food editor for Essence from 1984 to 2008 and author of the cookbook Low-Fat Soul, published in 1996.[1][2][3]

Jonell Nash
Born20 December 1942 Edit this on Wikidata
Died27 February 2015 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 72)
OccupationEditor Edit this on Wikidata
Employer

Early life

Born in Delhi, Louisiana, Nash was one of four children to Willie Henry Nash Dr. and Mollie Osborne.[1] Her siblings are Gertrude Cherry, Marva Stanton, and Willie Nash.[1][4] Nash's father, Willie Henry Nash Sr., worked in a plastics plant.[1] Her mother, Mollie Osborne, worked in a dry cleaning store.[1] Her family moved from Louisiana to Detroit, Michigan.[1]

Career

Jonell Nash graduated from Wayne State University and started teaching high school home economics.[1] Nash left her home economic's job to go work for Scholastic's Coed magazine.[1] She would then move to New York City, where she worked in a test kitchen at Woman's Day. She joined Essence Magazine as their Food Editor in 1984 until her retirement in 2008.[1][5]

Nash is the author of two books. Her first book is Essence Brings You Great Cooking was published in 1994 and had over 300+ recipes from the magazine.[1][3][6] Her second book, Low-Fat Soul, was published in 1996 by One World.[7]

Nash financed a scholarship for students to study Southern cooking in the honor of chef Edna Lewis with the help of the organization Les Dames d’Escoffier New York, an organization of women in the food and hospitality professions.[1][5] The scholarship is supposedly being renamed for Ms. Nash.[1]

A collection of cookbooks owned and referenced by Nash is a part of the Wayne State University Special Collections.

Personal life

Jonell Nash's lifelong partner was actor Paul D. Butler. Butler died in 2010, five years prior to Nash's death on February 27, 2015.

Works
  • Essence Brings You Great Cooking (1994)
  • Low-Fat Soul (1996)

Resources
  1. Roberts, Sam (2015-03-10). "Jonell Nash, Who Cut Fat, Not Flavor, Out of Soul Food, Dies at 72". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  2. Hansen, Barbara (1994-12-15). "Annual Cookbook Issue : BOOK REVIEW : The Essence of Good Cooking : ESSENCE BRINGS YOU GREAT COOKING By Jonell Nash (Amistad: 1994; $29.95; illustrated, 465 pp.)". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  3. American Black Journal | 1994 DBJ Interview: Jonell Nash | Season 47 | Episode 51, retrieved 2021-07-27
  4. "Jonell Nash Obituary (2015) New York Times". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  5. "Jonell Nash - MOFAD". legacyquiltproject.mofad.org. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  6. Nash, Jonell (2001). Essence brings you great cooking. New York: Amistad Press. ISBN 978-0-06-095813-8. OCLC 47283047.
  7. Nash, Jonell (1998). Low-fat soul. New York: One World. ISBN 978-0-345-41363-5. OCLC 38364087.
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