Waverley Root

Waverley Lewis Root (April 15, 1903 in Providence, Rhode Island – October 31, 1982 in Paris) was an American journalist and writer.

He was the Paris correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and then the Washington Post.

He is possibly best known for his writings on food including:

  • The Food of France (1958)
  • The Cooking of Italy (1968)
  • Paris Dining Guide (1969)
  • The Food of Italy (1971)
  • Eating in America: A History (1976) - with Richard De Rochemont
  • Food, an Authoritative and Visual History and Dictionary of the Foods of the World (1980)

He also wrote:

  • The Truth about Wagner (1928)
  • The Secret History of the War (1946)
  • Winter Sports in Europe (1956)
  • The Paris Edition; The Autobiography of Waverley Root, 1927-1934 (1987)'

Famous quotes containing the word root:

    Flower in the crannied wall,
    I pluck you out of the crannies,
    I hold you here, root and all, in my hand,
    Little flower—but if I could understand
    What you are, root and all, and all in all,
    I should know what God and man is.
    Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)