Mr. Food passes away

[WMC2006]

Art Ginsburg, known as Mr. Food, has passed away at the age of 81. He suffered from pancreatic cancer.

His short cooking segments were seen on 100+ stations across the country including Boston's WCVB. I remember seeing his spots on the morning and/or noontime news.

"Ohhhh it's SO good!"

http://www.wcvb.com/news/entertainm...dies/-/9848582/17510482/-/euh4h0/-/index.html

 

[MarcB]

I was surprised that he was that old. NECN - New England Cable News recently added his segments. WFSB in Hartford used to carry his segments, but dropped it several years ago. The now defunct Talk Radio 990 in Hartford carried his radio segments.

 

[Mario500]

WKRG-TV in Mobile, Alabama used to broadcast Mr. Food segments during local newscasts in the morning until a few years ago. The official World Wide Web site for Mr. Food still lists WKRG-TV among the list of stations supposedly affiliated with the segments in spite of WKRG-TV not having broadcast any of them recently.

 

[formeraa]

I remember "Mr. Food" from WPRI in the 80's on the noon newscast...Walter Cryan, Barbara Hamilton, Hank Bouchard, and Mr. Food.

 

[EricStein]

He started in Albany, but a small distributor by the name of King World took notice. KW still distributed his vignettes to news stations years after they hit it big with iconic programs such as "Oprah," "Wheel of Fortune," and "Jeopardy!"