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| '''Ruth Graves Wakefield''' (1903-1977) was the ] of the ], the first ]. She later became an ]. | |||
| ==Education, The Toll House Inn== | |||
| Ruth Wakefield graduated from the Department of Household Arts of ] in ] in the Class of ]. She worked as a ] and lectured about ]. | |||
| In ], she and her ] ] bought a ] ] near ]. It had been built in ] and had a rich history of providing a night's solace to weary travelers. Located about 1/2 way between ] and ], it was a place where had passengers had historically paid a toll, changed horses and ate much-welcomed home-cooked meals. | |||
| When the Wakefields opened their business over 200 years later, they named the establishment the ] and took it upon themselves to uphold the lodge's tradition. Ruth cooked all the food served and soon gained local fame for her ]s. | |||
| ==The ''accident'' that changed her life== | |||
| One day while cooking a dessert that had been a favorite, the ], she realized she was out of baking ], and instead substituted a bar of ] made by the ] company. The broken bits did not melt as expected, however, and merely softened. The cookie was a hit right away, and Ruth soon contacted the Nestlé and they struck a deal: The company would print her ] on the cover of all their semi-sweet chocolate bars, and she would get a lifetime supply of chocolate. Nestlé soon began marketing chocolate chips especially used for ]. | |||
| ==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 manufactures 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. | |||
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