User:MaryGaulke/sandbox/Sandra Lee requests

Hi! Sandra Lee has hired me to draft some edit requests for this article:

Lead
I'm wondering if would be a better fit for this article than. (Tough to find a perfectly similar precedent here, but cf. Rosario Dawson, Melvyn Douglas, or Rachel Campos-Duffy, all of which use .) The conversion doesn't require removing any information; it just requires tweaking the "term" parameters to fit, and allows for the addition of the "television" and "awards" parameters similar to. A mockup of how this could look is at right. I also added "documentary producer" to the "Occupation" field per the "Documentaries" section below, and changed "author" to "writer" since Lee has also written for television.

Early life

 * Update "Kimmy" to "Kimber" and "Johnny" to "John Paul".
 * Add to end of first paragraph:
 * Due to her mother's illness and the absence of her and her siblings' fathers, Lee effectively raised her four younger siblings. In her youth, Lee learned how to feed her younger siblings frugally with a combination of food stamps and welfare payments, an experience that informed her future approach to cooking.
 * (Using the "anti-julia" and "ravenous" ref names already in use in the article.)


 * In second paragraph, add before "She was initially raised as a Seventh-day Adventist...":
 * Lee claims her family is Catholic.


 * In last paragraph, delete . The source cited does not substantiate this.

Career

 * In first paragraph, after "Home-shopping network QVC hired her as on-air talent.", add ref, using the "Vogue02222011" ref name already in use in the article.
 * Add to end of first paragraph:
 * QVC also selected Lee to launch its craft and home decorating categories on its networks in the U.K. and Germany. In 1994, she released her first DIY home improvement video series, which sold more than a million copies.


 * The Gourmet source in the first paragraph is a dead URL. Here's an archived alternative.
 * In second paragraph, after "Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee premiered on the Food Network in 2003.", add:
 * The show ran for 15 seasons and was in the top three new weekend shows on the network for its first five years.


 * In second paragraph, update
 * Lee's second Food Network series, Sandra's Money Saving Meals, began airing on May 10, 2009.
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 * Lee's second Food Network series, Sandra's Money Saving Meals, began airing on May 10, 2009, in response to the Great Recession. At the time, she was the only host on the Food Network with two cooking series running concurrently. Kurt Soller, writing for Newsweek, described her as "among TV's most successful female chefs"., her shows have aired in 63 countries.
 * (Using the "anti-julia" ref name already in use in the article.)


 * After the above in the second paragraph, update
 * Each episode contains an arts and crafts element, in which Lee decorates the table setting in accordance with the theme of the meal that she just prepared. She refers to these as "tablescapes".
 * to
 * Each episode contains entertaining and arts and crafts elements, in which Lee decorates the table setting and kitchen in accordance with the theme of the meal that she just prepared. She refers to these as "tablescapes", a term she coined.


 * Also in second paragraph, update
 * She has released 25 books,
 * to
 * She has authored 27 books,


 * Add before "A magazine based on her show, Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade, was released in 2009. ":
 * Her book Semi-Homemade Cooking appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list.


 * Add after the above:
 * In late 2009, Lee hosted Sandra Lee Celebrates, a series of four one-hour specials that aired on HGTV.


 * Update
 * Also in 2012, she started a new monthly lifestyle magazine in partnership with TV Guide.
 * to
 * Also in 2012, she started a monthly lifestyle magazine, Sandra Lee, in partnership with TV Guide.


 * Add to end of section:
 * People magazine has included her in its list of "Most Beautiful" people multiple times.


 * In early 2020, Lee began creating her "Top Shelf" video series for Today.com, showcasing new ways to make meals from products commonly found in pantries.  An April 2020 New York Times article authored by Jessica Bennett called Lee "the queen of making something out of nothing". In late 2020, Lee hosted a series of holiday segments, "It’s a Wonderful Lifetime", on Lifetime.

Critical response

 * Add to end of section:
 * At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, both Jessica Bennett in the New York Times and Jaya Saxena in Eater noted that the context of pandemic scarcity made the "semi-homemade" concept feel newly relevant. Of Lee, Saxena wrote, "her show, Semi-Homemade Cooking, might be the perfect way to cook through quarantine."


 * This may make more sense as a top-level section rather than as a subsection of "Career".

Kwanzaa cake
Delete "partly" in the final sentence: "Lee has said this recipe is the only one of hers whose criticism she has taken to heart, and that the recipe was partly due to the Food Network dictating the show's content at the time. " Per the source, "Lee says that at the time of the Kwanzaa cake, her show's content was 'dictated' by the network."

Documentaries
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 * In 2015, shortly before being diagnosed with cancer, Lee started her own production company. She created Rx: Early Detection – A Cancer Journey With Sandra Lee, a documentary about her experiences with cancer, with HBO and Sheila Nevins, among others. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2018, at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival,  and on HBO in October 2018. Lee received the Made in New York Award at the Gotham Independent Film Awards in November 2018 for her work on the documentary.


 * Lee co-executive produced Ruth: Justice Ginsburg in Her Own Words, a documentary about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in collaboration with Academy Award-winning director Freida Lee Mock, Geralyn Dreyfous, and others. It premiered on Starz in March 2021 as part of the network's Women's History Month programming.

Philanthropy
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 * Lee co-founded the Los Angeles chapter of UNICEF in 2000. She donated the proceeds from her second cookbook to God's Love We Deliver and Project Angel Food, two organizations that deliver food to homebound individuals. In 2015, she led a UNICEF team on a mission to Haiti in her role as a special nutrition emissary for the organization. The U.S. division of the UN's World Food Program, the world's largest humanitarian organization, appointed Lee to its board of directors in May 2020.


 * Lee was a spokesperson for Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign for more than ten years and created No Kid Hungry's annual fundraiser, the Great American Bake Sale. Her first Great American Bake Sale, in 2011, raised more than $50,000. She has also worked with the Elton John AIDS Foundation  and serves on its board.

Personal life

 * Update the dead URL in the "anti-julia" ref to the current URL.
 * Update
 * The two shared homes in Chappaqua and Poughkeepsie.
 * (which isn't substantiated by either source cited, and regardless, WP:PAGESIX is a deprecated source) to
 * The two lived in a home owned by Lee in Chappaqua.

Cancer

 * In first paragraph, add before "On October 12, 2015, she was rushed to a hospital because of fluid buildup..."
 * In August 2015, she contracted an infection in her right breast that resulted in her going on bed rest and intravenous drugs for three months.


 * Add to end of section:
 * In 2016, Lee "flexed some political muscle" to push for the passage of the $91 million "No Excuses" law in the state of New York, which provided for expanded breast cancer screening and removed insurance co-pays for mammograms. She subsequently advocated for other states to pass their own versions of the "No Excuses" law. She was a keynote speaker at the Susan G. Komen Advocacy Summit for breast cancer advocacy in Washington, D.C., in May 2019. She also became an ambassador for Stand Up to Cancer and produced the documentary Rx: Early Detection – A Cancer Journey With Sandra Lee.


 * Consider renaming to "Cancer and advocacy" to reflect the above.

Cookbooks

 * Semi-Homemade - Cooking, Fast and Fabulous (2001)
 * Semi-Homemade Cooking: Quick, Marvelous Meals and Nothing is Made from Scratch (2002)
 * Semi-Homemade Desserts (2003)
 * Semi-Homemade Cooking 2 (2005)
 * Semi-Homemade 20-Minute Meals (2006)
 * Semi-Homemade Grilling (2006)
 * Semi-Homemade Gatherings (2006)
 * Semi-Homemade Slow Cooker Recipes (2006)
 * Semi-Homemade Cool Kids' Cooking (2006)
 * Semi-Homemade Cooking Made Light (2006)
 * Semi Homemade 20 Minute Meals 2 (2006)
 * Semi-Homemade Slow Cooker Recipes 2 (2007)
 * Semi-Homemade Cooking 3 (2007)
 * Semi-Homemade Fast-Fix Family Favorites (2008)
 * Semi-Homemade Desserts 2 (2008)
 * Semi-Homemade Money Saving Meals (2008)
 * Semi-Homemade Grilling 2 (2008)
 * Semi-Homemade Cocktail Time (2009)
 * Semi-Homemade Weeknight Wonders: 139 Easy Fast Fix Dishes (2009)
 * Semi-Homemade Money-Saving Slow-Cooking (2009)
 * Semi-Homemade: The Complete Cookbook (2010)
 * Semi-Homemade Comfort Food (2010)
 * Money Saving Meals and Round 2 Recipes (2011)
 * Easy Entertaining at Home: Cocktails, Finger Foods, and Creative Ideas for Year-Round Celebrations (2011)
 * Bake Sale Cookbook (2011)
 * Every Dish Delivers: 365 Days of Fast, Fresh, Affordable Meals (2013)

Other

 * Made From Scratch: A Memoir (2007)
 * The Recipe Box, a novel (2013)

Awards and nominations

 * Add Gracie Award to table:


 * 2013
 * Gracie Award
 * Outstanding Host – Lifestyle Program
 * Sandra's Restaurant Remakes
 * Won
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 * Lee has received the President's Volunteer Service Award, the Eleanor Roosevelt Medal of Honor, and, in 2009, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. In 2018, the New York City Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment gave Lee the Made in NY Award at the Gotham Independent Film Awards. She received a Women Making History Award from the National Women's History Museum in 2019.