Baking cookies is comforting, and cookies are the sweetest little bit of comfort food. They are very bite-sized and personal.
~ Sandra Lee
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I recently learned that Duncan Hines was an actual person. He was a traveling salesman for part of his career. He wrote a book with his wife Florence listing good restaurants from around the country (this was before the interstate highway system). They wrote another book about lodging. He also had a newspaper column called Adventures in Good Eating at Home. He ventured into baking (bread) and eventually sold the rights to his name. Today ConAgra foods owns "Duncan Hines."
I recently learned that Duncan Hines was an actual person. He was a traveling salesman for part of his career. He wrote a book with his wife Florence listing good restaurants from around the country (this was before the interstate highway system). They wrote another book about lodging. He also had a newspaper column called Adventures in Good Eating at Home. He ventured into baking (bread) and eventually sold the rights to his name. Today ConAgra foods owns "Duncan Hines."
If you look at the Duncan Hines logo, the words are imposed on a background which is a book. A testament to his original restaurant list and his newspaper writing career. I think that is all very interesting.
I also think it would be interesting to see a fist fight between Duncan Hines and Betty Crocker. Mainly because Betty Crocker is a fictional character.
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