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Personal data Evelyn (Evie) Blain 

  • Profession: Jewish Cookery writer.
  • (Fact 1) .
    Internationally acclaimed Jewish food writer
  • (Fact 2) .
    Food editor of the national Jewish Chronicle
  • A child of Jonah Blain and Rachel Davis

Household of Evelyn (Evie) Blain

She is married to Myer Rose.

They got married on August 25, 1948.


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Notes about Evelyn (Evie) Blain

Some info about Evelyn from the Internet:

Her classic The New Complete International Jewish Cookbook, in print since 1976, has been called Joy of Cooking for Anglo-Jewish homes. She broadcasts on the BBC, writes on food and wine for magazines
, lectures widely on the history and customs of Jewish food, and teaches master cooking classes. Evelyn lives in Manchester, England.

Evelyn Rose MBE FIHEc is a consultant home economist, food and wine writer and broadcaster. She is a former National Chairman of the Institute of Home Economics, and has been cookery columnist of the
Jewish Chronicle for over thirty years, as well as contributer to other national magazines and newspapers. She has been a member of the Consumers' Committee of Great Britain and also Commissioner on the Meat and Livestock Commission. She was, until recently, Joint Chairman of the Guild of Food Writers. Evelyn has written numerous books on cookery, including joint authorships with her daughter, Judi, and fellow cookery expert, Sula Leon. She was awarded the MBE in 1989 for services to the consumer.

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    Historical events

    Day of marriage August 25, 1948

    • The temperature on August 25, 1948 was between 13.8 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
    • From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
    • In the year 1948: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
      • February 19 » The Conference of Youth and Students of Southeast Asia Fighting for Freedom and Independence convenes in Calcutta.
      • June 9 » Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO.
      • June 26 » Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker magazine.
      • September 22 » Israeli-Palestine conflict: The All-Palestine Government is established by the Arab League.
      • November 12 » In Tokyo, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East sentences seven Japanese military and government officials, including General Hideki Tojo, to death for their roles in World War II.
      • December 22 » Sjafruddin Prawiranegara established the Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia (Pemerintah Darurat Republik Indonesia, PDRI) in West Sumatra.

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