
Chicago hotel, birthplace of chocolate brownie, still serving sweet treat thanks to original recipe
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The Palmer House is still serving up the same chocolate brownie recipe that the Chicago hotel's chef invented in 1893 at the urging of the owner's wife.
Peter Burke is a lifestyle editor with Fox News Digital.
Bertha Palmer, wife of Chicago businessman and Palmer House founder Potter Palmer, helped invent the chocolate brownie when she directed the hotel kitchen staff to come up with a confection smaller than a piece of cake for women attending the World's Columbian Exposition — better known as the Chicago World's Fair — in 1893, according to the hotel's website.
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