The simple pleasure of a soft and chewy chocolate chip cookie transcends cultures and generations. While pinpointing the exact origin is tricky, the story begins with Ruth Wakefield, a culinary innovator who owned the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts. In 1930, she allegedly ran out of baker’s chocolate and substituted semi-sweet chocolate, chopping it […]
The humble chocolate chip cookie, a seemingly simple delight, boasts a surprisingly rich and fascinating history. While pinpointing its exact origin is difficult, the most widely accepted story credits Ruth Wakefield, owner of the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts. In 1930, needing chocolate for a batch of cookies, she famously broke up a Nestlé […]
The humble American chocolate chip cookie: a seemingly simple treat with a surprisingly rich and complex history. While pinning down the exact origin is difficult, the story generally credits Ruth Wakefield, owner of the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts, with its invention in 1930. Legend has it that she was making a batch of […]
