German chocolate – Refers to Baker’s German Sweet Chocolate, German being an employee of Baker who developed the sweet chocolate in the recipe. More…
receipt – Its first meaning was “a drug made according to a recipe” or a “recipe” for making food. More…
recipe – As a verb, it was once used at the beginning of medical prescriptions and it first (in Latin) meant “take”—we are familiar with its use by physicians in the abbreviation R or Rx. More…
tollhouse cookie – Named after the Toll House in Whitman, Massachusetts, the source of the recipe. More…