Norene Lynn Gilletz (; 29 May 1940 – 23 February 2020) was a Canadian
Jewish
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food writer
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Biography
Norene Gilletz was born in
Winnipeg
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to Belle () and Max Rykiss. She spent her formative years in Winnipeg's North End and River Heights neighbourhoods, and attended
Kelvin High School
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. She won a scholarship to study
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at the
University of Manitoba
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Gilletz moved to Montreal in 1960, where she raised her family, later relocating to Toronto. Her writing career began in 1968 with the release of ''Second Helpings, Please!'', edited by Gilletz and published by the Mount Sinai Chapter of B'nai Brith Women of Canada. By 2020, the cookbook was in its 17th printing and had sold over 200,000 copies.
Several years after the introduction into the North American market of the
food processor
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by
Cuisinart
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, Gilletz published ''The Pleasures of Your Processor'' (1980; later renamed ''The Food Processor Bible''). Among her other cookbooks are ''MicroWays'', ''MealLeaniYumm!'' (later titled ''Healthy Helpings''), and ''Norene’s Healthy Kitchen''.
Gilletz died in Montreal on 23 February 2020, at the age of 79.