Pepperidge farm What?

[sagehen]

>>From Bapopik's Table Talk post of 12/16:
>21 October 1939, pg. 31, col. 3--_Food Cue of the Week_--Pepperidge Farm
>Bread is >very much in the "for those who can afford and appreciate the
>best" tradition.  It is >actually home baked at Pepperidge Farm, the
>country estate of one Mrs. Margaret >Rudkin up near Westport, and rushed
>to town via American Express between >midnight and dawn each morning.  It
>comes in white and whole wheat and retails for >25 cents a loaf at
>Vendome, 415 Madison Ave., or at your local Gristede's.
~~~~~~~~~
Can't imagine anyone saying this about the stuff that's sold under that
name today!
A. Murie