This is fascinating (I never knew who invented the chocolate chip cookie - read the rest at the link).
Julia Child and James Beard have nearly as much name recognition to many Americans as the Founding Fathers. But when was the last time you ate one of their dishes? I’m betting it’s a lot longer ago than your last chocolate chip cookie.
And yet, probably not one in 20 Americans know the name of the chef who invented America’s favorite cookie, if they even realize they were invented. Chocolate chip cookies are so ubiquitous and taken for granted that many people assume they’ve been around as long as apple pie and ice cream and have equally ancient, anonymous origins.
These cookies were actually dreamed up within the lifetime of many living sugar addicts by a visionary named Ruth Wakefield, and it’s about time we paid homage.
(via Who invented the chocolate chip cookie? Ruth Wakefield—and no, it wasn’t an accident.)
very important