Annamma Mathew

Annamma Mathew (Malayalam: അന്നമ്മ മാത്യു, 22 March 1922 – 10 July 2003), also known as Mrs. K. M. Mathew (Malayalam: മിസ്സിസ് കെ. എം. മാത്യു), was the founder chief editor of Vanitha, the largest selling women's magazine in India, and wife of K. M. Mathew, Chief Editor of Malayala Manorama. She died after a brief illness at a private nursing home in Kottayam, Kerala in India. She was an author of culinary literature and tips for new recipes in Malayalam. She authored 17 cook books in Malayalam and 4 in English and also made contributions in the areas of journalism, music, cookery and social welfare. She was born on 22 March 1922, in Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, where her father was a surgeon in the Madras civil service. She got married at the age of 20 to K. M. Mathew, then a planter and the then future Chief Editor of Malayala Manorama. She sharpened her talents in culinary art, which she inherited from her father, during her days with him.