Gail Damerow

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Gail Damerow (born February 29, 1944) is an American author and poultry expert. Born in Colorado, she spent her adult life in various states, including Alaska, California, and finally Tennessee, where Damerow settled down on a farm with her husband in 1982. She has spent much of her time raising farm animals and writing pieces about agriculture, farming, and similar topics in magazines and full-length books she has published from the 1970s through the 2020s.

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Early life and education

Damerow was born on February 29, 1944, in Denver, Colorado. [1] She graduated cum laude from the University of Arizona with a degree in mathematics. [2] [1]

Career

Damerow spent some of her early adult life in Alaska, where she was gifted an ice cream freezer in 1966 for Christmas and then bought an ice cream maker and recipe book to complement it. The lack of insightful recipes for the device would form the basis for her later book on the topic. [2] She moved to Sonoma County, California, before later settling in Tennessee. [2] [3]

As an author, Damerow has written books on animal husbandry, gardening, general agriculture, and on the sale of consumer products. She has also worked as a teacher for classes on writing and how to be an author at the Tennessee Technological University. She has worked as a marketing consultant, while contributing several hundred articles to various magazines. Additionally, she is the author of a monthly column within the magazine Dairy Goat Journal, along with being the producer of food recipes that she sells to various product manufacturers. [2] Described by Bonnie Powell of Grist as "poultry's Cesar Millan", Powell noted that Damerow's most well-known and successful work was Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens, which is "the primer for all things chicken". [4]

Personal life

While traveling in California, Damerow met her future husband, Allan Damerow, and they chose to go on a cross-country trip together. They eventually settled in Cookeville, Tennessee, due to its proximity to a university. They bought a farm north of Gainesboro, Tennessee, in February 1982 and remodeled it. [2] [4]

Awards and honors

Damerow's book Ice Cream! The Whole Scoop was nominated for the 1992 James Beard Award for best Baking & Desserts book. [5] It was described by The New York Times as the authoritative book on ice cream. [6]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Durman, Louise (April 3, 1991). "The scoop on ice cream". The Knoxville News-Sentinel . pp. C1, C2 . Retrieved November 1, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Carter, Sylvia (July 3, 1991). "Ice Cream For All". Newsday . pp. 74, 75 . Retrieved November 1, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  4. 1 2 Powell, Bonnie Azab (July 1, 2010). "Chicken expert Gail Damerow answers newbie questions". Grist . Retrieved October 27, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Awards Search | James Beard Foundation". www.jamesbeard.org. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  6. ↑ McCullough, Fran (August 13, 1997). "Giving In to Rich Temptation". The New York Times . Retrieved October 27, 2024.
  7. ↑ Reviews for Ice Cream!:
  8. 1 2 Younce, Eldon (January 1994). "Nonfiction -- Your Chickens (Kid's Guide to Raising and Showing Series) by Gail Damerow / Your Goats (Kid's Guide to Raising and Showing Series) by Gail Damerow". School Library Journal . 40 (1): 120. ProQuest   211680885 . Retrieved November 3, 2024– via ProQuest.
  9. ↑ Reviews for Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens:
  10. ↑ Reviews for The Perfect Pumpkin:
  11. ↑ Bent, Nancy (December 15, 2002). "Barnyard in Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide to Raising Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Rabbits, Goats, Sheep, and Cows". The Booklist . Vol. 99, no. 8. p. 715. ProQuest   235487033 . Retrieved November 3, 2024– via ProQuest.
  12. ↑ Scott, Whitney (March 15, 2011). "The Backyard Homestead Guide to Raising Farm Animals". The Booklist . Vol. 107, no. 14. p. 10. ProQuest   858368253 . Retrieved November 3, 2024– via ProQuest.
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  15. ↑ Gail, Damerow. "An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Raising Backyard Ducks: Breeds, Feeding, Housing and Care, Eggs and Meat". Library Journal. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
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