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| Clamato. Photo: Bludgeoner86, Flickr |
The cause of death was respiratory failure, her daughter, Jane S. Smith, told the New York Times.
Clamato, a cocktail juice made with tomato juice, onions, celery, spices and a dash of clam juice, is known for being a key ingredient in the Michelada. It is made and distributed by Mott's.
Along with independently helping food corporations develop new products, Schur was the founder of her own restaurant and food company consulting business, Creative Food Services.
"She was a pioneer of modern food usage," her Creative Food Services coworker Heidi Kost-Gross told the Times. "Her company was at the cutting edge of how food should look and taste, and above all, how it should be used."
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Death, like taxes, is inevitable, but it's always sad when you hear of the passing of an old friend. The food world has been dealt a handful of blows in recent weeks with the deaths of some folks who helped to make the nation a tastier place.
All
you fans of nondairy whipped topping should take a moment. Robert E. Rich, the New York dairy farmer who invented
nondairy whipped topping from soybeans in 1945 recently died at the age of 92. According to an 
Edna Lewis, author of highly regarded cookbooks on Southern cuisine, recently died at the age of 89. In her
time, Lewis penned such titles as The Taste of Country Cooking and The Gift of Southern Cooking. The latter was
co-authored with her friend, and later, caretaker, Scott Peacock. Today's New York Times has an 
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