What did you eat today?
Quote: billryanToday is Ruth Graves Wakefield's birthday. Another of America's forgotten heroes, Mrs. Wakefield, has brought countless joy to people for the past ninety years with her simple creation.
Ruth and her husband owned a small inn in New England, and were looking for a signature dessert when she came up with her creation.
Soon, people drove for miles to dine at her inn, and when her goods were sent overseas in care packages for the Boys during WW2, they became the stuff of legends. After the war, she agreed to share her recipe with Nestle in return for $1 and a lifetime supply of products. Her goods were widely copied, but since they couldn't use her trademarked Toll House name, they labeled their knockoffs as chocolate chip cookies.
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She set up her inn two small towns away from where I live, and her and her cookies are well known around these parts.
