Whitman’s Legendary Chocolate Chip Cookie
New England Legends Podcast
English - November 26, 2020 13:00 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 897 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture History folklore ghosts monsters history legends newengland paranormal Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In Episode 171, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger spend Thanksgiving in a Whitman, Massachusetts, parking lot located between a fast food restaurant and a chain drug store in search of the sacred birthplace of the one of America’s most beloved holiday baked goods: the Toll House Chocolate Chip cookie. In 1938, Ruth Wakefield’s kitchen concoction turned from a happy accident into a nation-wide phenomenon. We’ll find out how!