Waverley Root
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Waverley Lewis Root (April 15 1903-October 31 1982) was an American journalist and writer.
He was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1903. 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)
- 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)
- The Truth about Wagner (1928)
- The Secret History of the War (1946)
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