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The Toll House Cookie - Legend and Chocolate

VAV!/June 17, 2013 Don't take your Nestlé Toll House Chocolate Chip cookies for granted anymore. Ruth Graves Wakefield and her husband, Kenneth, never did...they're the duo who came up with the idea for the sweet cookie treats! Here's how the story unfolds: In 1930, Ruth and her husband, Kenneth Wakefield, purchased a Cape Cod-style toll house located in Whitman, Massachusetts, just halfway between Beantown and New Bedford, MA. The Wakefield's house had been built in 1709, and originally served as a way stop for toll paying travelers who stopped for a change of horses and a hearty home-cooked meal. After the purchase of their home, the Wakefields once again transformed the home into an inn and named it the Toll House Inn. The Inn became famously popular with travelers and was particularly noted for Ruth's delicious home cooked meals. Ruth's Butter Drop Do cookies were unforgettable too,...but little did she dream, with a twist on the usual recipe, these treats would one day become iconic. As Ruth prepared the cookies one particular day, she found she had run out of baker's chocolate. To substitute, Ruth added a semi-sweet chocolate bar (given to her by Andrew Nestle), by cutting it into tiny morsels, and adding the concoction to the cookie dough. Voila! The semi-sweet chocolate did not melt, but maintained a softend consistency and proved to be delicious.

MISS CONNECTICUT USA CROWNED MISS USA 2013 DURING LIVE NBC TELECAST

Pictured above: Miss Connecticut USA 2013, Erin Brady of East Hampton, is crowned Miss USA 2013 at the conclusion of the 2013 MISS USA Competition at PH Live in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday June 16, 2013. VAV!/Las Vegas, NV – June 16, 2013 During one of the year's most watched live television events, a star-studded panel of judges chose Miss Connecticut USA, Erin Brady, as Miss USA 2013. Giuliana Rancic, "E! News" co-anchor, and Nick Jonas, Grammy-nominated American singersongwriter, hosted the 62nd Annual MISS USA® Competition from Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.

Cupcakes, Cupcakes And More Cupcakes!

VAV!/June 13, 2013 How about a delicious, mouthwatering, delectable...cupcake?! How about 33 of them, to be exact? Our foodies discovered the following cupcake recipes on Pinterest. Looking further for the source, we found all of the cupcakes documented on the website 'Ming Makes Cupcakes.' What could be more perfect than these 33 cupcakes? Another 33 cupcakes, of course!

"300: Rise of an Empire"

Pictured above: An open sea battle from the upcoming film '300: Rise Of An Empire.'/Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures/By Screen Grabbers© VAV!/June 13, 2013 Coming soon, "300: Rise of an Empire." Based on Frank Miller's latest graphic novel Xerxes, and told in the breathtaking visual style of the blockbuster "300," this new chapter of the epic saga takes the action to a fresh battlefield—on the sea—as Greek general Themistokles attempts to unite all of Greece by leading the charge that will change the course of the war.

Office Of War Information - OWI

Pictured above: This Girl In A Glass House is putting finishing touches on the bombardier nose section of a B-17F navy bomber. She's one of many capable women workers in the Douglas Aircraft Company plant. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model of the B-17, which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany, and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude heavy bomber, with a crew of seven to nine men...Long Beach, California/Alfred T. Palmer, photographer/October 1942/LOC. VAV!/June 13, 2013 On June 13, 1942, some six months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Office of War Information (OWI) was created by Executive Order 9182. The OWI operated until September 1945 and facilitated the release of war news for domestic use. Both at home and abroad, the OWI employed propaganda such as posters, films, texts and radio broadcasts to promote patriotism, issue warnings about foreign spies, and recruit women into war work. The OWI documented the war effort and archived the government's battle against poverty during the Great Depression. Elmer Davis, a CBS newsman, was named the director of OWI.

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