SR’s Dorothy Dean as a young woman
She once threatened to pistol-whip a reader who suggested Dean's casserole recipes called for too much cheese.
And here (below) she is near the end. When the newspaper's promotional campaign based on the Little Baby Butter Eater doll failed to generate buzz, Dean withdrew from the public eye and devoted herself to writing anti-fluoride tracts.
And here's Dorothy's son, Mikey, regarded as a carving prodigy. Became an SR editor.
Dorothy's granddaughter, Manita, went on to be the lead singer for a Seattle band called Seems Important. She defended her grandmother's controversial career in the song "Clean Plate Club."
Though scaled back over the years, the Caravan of Carbs mobile outreach, part of the SR's annual Food, Folks and Fat drive, continues in Dean's name even today.
