{"id":21187,"date":"2018-07-24T08:15:12","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T13:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=21187"},"modified":"2018-07-23T10:31:09","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T15:31:09","slug":"new-stuff-tuesday-july-24-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/21187","title":{"rendered":"New Stuff Tuesday — July 24, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"How<\/p>\n

How the cookie crumbled: The true (and not-so-true) stories of the invention of the chocolate chip cookie<\/strong>
\nby Gilbert Ford
\nE For<\/a>
\nCurriculum collection, Easy books<\/strong>, 2nd floor<\/p>\n

I\u2019d heard the origin story \u2013 perhaps you have too \u2013 of how some baker had forgotten the vital ingredient, the baking chocolate, in her chocolate cookie recipe. She broke up a Nestle chocolate bar and hoped the chocolate pieces would melt while baking. They didn\u2019t, and the chocolate chip cookie was born.<\/p>\n

Well, turns out there are plenty of variants on that story, and like most stories, the truth is a bit different, as is explained in a minor authorial intrusion in the middle of the story. I won\u2019t ruin the surprise for you, but suffice to say that the real story of baker and restaurant entrepreneur Ruth Wakefield\u2019s invention \u2013 and its amazingly fast adoption as America\u2019s classic cookie \u2013 is more interesting than the fantasy ones. The various other stories are probably more of a creative invention by Nestle than anything else. Within a few years after the recipe\u2019s creation, Nestle was carrying the \u201cToll House Chocolate Crunch Cookie\u201d recipe on every bag of its chocolate chips \u2013 a product they specially designed to match her recipe.<\/p>\n

The bright and cheery illustrations (and a sprinkling of food puns throughout the text) make this book fun to read for adults and kids alike. And Ruth\u2019s original recipe at the back makes me want to go make that simplest and best of home recipes. Mmmm!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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