Ruth Jones Graves Wakefield
Personal Information
Born: 1903
Died: 1977
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: White
Education
Framingham State Normal School of Household Arts (now Framingham State College) 1924 degree in Household Arts
Professional Life
Field of Study: Inventor; Chef
Institution/Corporation: Nestle
Degrees & Memberships: none
Awards & Achievements
Awards: none
Achievements: "1938 invented recipe for Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookies; with husband Kenneth owned & ran Toll House Inn in Massechusetts; she did all the cooking for the restaurant; wrote several cookbooks with the most popular being ""Ruth Wakefield's Tried & True Recipes"" published in 1931 & going through 39 printings; her Toll House Chocolate Crunch cookies recipe originally appeared in her book ""Toll House Tried & True Recipes"""
1938, inventor of the recipe for Toll House Chocolate Crunch cookies, the original chocolate chip cookie
She & her husband Kenneth ran the Tollhouse Inn in Massachusetts; she did all the cooking
Gave Nestle the rights to print her recipe on their chocolate wrappers in exchange for $1 & a lifetime supply of all the chocolate she could use; she also had a consulting deal with them to work on additional recipes
Toll House cookies were included in care packages for soldiers in WWII