
Nashua newspaper referenceIn the Nashua, NH sunday newspaper there is an article about the origins of Russian Dressing:One man’s recipe changed the taste of salads around the nationBy DEAN SHALHOUP, Telegraph Staffdshalhoup@nashuatelegraph.comhttp://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070610/NEWS01/206100367/-1/XML07The basic points: James E. Colburn, a New Hampshire, USA food distributor and caterer invented it sometime before 1924. The article references the 1927 version of "New Hampshire -- A History" by Hobart Pillsbury.Quoting the newspaper article which quotes the book:“Its wide acceptance by people in large numbers . . . assured the prosperity of Mr. Colburn,” reports a passage in author Hobart Pillsbury’s 1927 “New Hampshire – A History,” a compilation of biographiesof leading New Hampshire residents. “He disposed of” – meaning sold – “the dressing to the largest hotels and most important retail dealersthroughout the country, and very soon, there was such an eager demand for the product that its productionand marketing constituted a considerable portion of Mr. Colburn’s business,” Pillsbury wrote.MarcN 17:34, 10 June 2007 (UTC)