In 1852, Domingo Ghirardelli opened a candy store in San Francisco that would grow into today’s Ghirardelli Chocolate Co., which makes an array of sweet confections. The waterfront Ghirardelli Square, which features restaurants and shops, became an official city landmark in 1965. #87. Whirlpool...
The invention of chocolate chip cookies is attributed to chef Ruth Wakefield, who added bits of a Nestle chocolate bar to her cookie recipe. (Along with her husband Kenneth, she owned the Toll House Inn in Massachusetts.) Nestle sells the Toll House chocolate morsels in packages that feature ...