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| {{Infobox Chef <!-- for more information see ] --> | |||
| | name = Ruth Graves Wakefield Logan | |||
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| | birthdate = {{birth date|1903|6|17|mf=y}} | |||
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| | deathdate = {{death date and age|1977|1|10|1903|6|17|mf=y}} | |||
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| | style = American | |||
| | education = Self taught | |||
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| | prevrests = ]<br>]<br>burned down ] | |||
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| '''Ruth Graves Wakefield''' (], ] – ], ]) was the ] of the ], the first ]. | |||
| ==Early Life and Business== | |||
| Ruth Wakefield educated at ] in 1924. She worked as a dietitian and lectured about foods. | |||
| In ], she and her husband bought a ] ] in the town of ] in ]. It had been built in ] and had a rich history of providing a night's solace to weary travelers. Located about halfway between ] and ], it was a place where passengers had historically paid a toll, changed horses and eaten much-welcomed home-cooked meals. | |||
| When the Family of the Wakefields opened their business, they named the establishment which is ]. They took it upon themselves to uphold the lodge's tradition. Ruth cooked and served all the food and soon gained local fame for her ]s. The restaurant had many visitors including ] Senator ] (before he gained the U.S. presidency in 1960). | |||
| ==Heritage== | |||
| Ruth wrote a ], ''Toll House Tried and True Recipes'', in ]. | |||
| Ruth died in ], and the Toll House Inn burned down ] of ]. Although there are many manufacturers of chocolate chips today, the agreement to publish the recipe of Ruth Graves Wakefield on the back of each Nestlé Toll House chocolate bar package is still honored in the 21st century. | |||
| The Wakefield Cookbook Collection at Framingham State College was donated to the school by Ruth Graves Wakefield. | |||
| she was born in 1905 not 1903 | |||
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