Kate Aitken
Toronto Daily Star, 17 February 1949
Kate Aitken (1891-1971) was a broadcaster and cooking expert who started her radio show on CFRB in 1934. By 1950, she was so popular that an estimated 32% of Canadians listening to the radio were listening to her show. She received 260,000 letters a year, which required 22 secretaries to handle. She wrote or contributed to more than 50 cookbooks.
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