One of the sweetest sights in our home was watching our little ones march into the kitchen, noses lifted high to catch the aroma of freshly baked, warm chocolate chip cookies. They would wait patiently for them to cool, eager for that first bite. And oh, the joy of seeing them savor those cookies, with melted chocolate smudged across their mouths—it was simply adorable. Of all the treats in the world, those cookies were always their favorite—and even now, though they’ve grown up, chocolate chip cookies remain at the top of their list. Ruth Graves Wakefield invented the Toll House brand of chocolate chip cookies. She worked as a dietitian and lectured on food until 1930 when she and her husband bought a tourist lodge in Whitman, Massachusetts. The tourist lodge was named the Toll House Inn. Ruth cooked and served all the food for the meals served to the guests at the Inn and became popular for her desserts. One day while making cookies, she realized she was out of a...