A Literary Culinary Journal
by Simon de Swaan
Food is the most primitive form of comfort.–Sheilah Graham
Sheilah Graham Westbrook was an English-born American nationally syndicated gossip columnist during Hollywood’s “Golden Age,” who with Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper wielded power to make or break careers prompting her to describe herself as “the last of the unholy trio.” Graham was also known for her relationship with F. Scott Fitzgerald. Click here to read about her life story.
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Food is the most primitive form of comfort.—Sheila Graham
Sheila Graham was a notable gossip columnist and author during Hollywood’s “Golden Age” who met and became romantically involved with F. Scott Fitzgerald, an affair which she chronicled in her autobiography, Beloved Infidel: The Education of a Woman (1958, with Gerold Frank), a bestseller which was made into a movie starring Gregory Peck and Deborah Kerr. Born in Britain, she became a naturalized U.S. citizen and died in Palm Beach, Florida, in November 1988 at the age of 84.
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Meet Jonell Galloway, a freelance writer and editor specialized in French cuisine. 
