Experiments to develop baking powder in the 1800s were actually the beginning of the era of mixing chemical additives with food. In the United States, many of those tests were conducted at Harvard ...

Here’s a good reason to dust off that can of baking powder in your cabinet: The Great Rumford Bake Off is about to commence. The East Providence Historical Society is seeking baked-good recipe ...

Dedicated June 12, 2006, at the Rumford Chemical Works in East Providence, Rhode Island, and April 27, 2007, at Clabber Girl headquarters in Terre Haute, Indiana. Bread is considered a basic foodstuff ...

It’s The Rumford Complete Cookbook.It was written by Lily Hayworth Wallace for Rumford Chemical Works, which developed Rumford baking powder. The first edition was printed in 1908, and many ...

Rumford Baking Powder was marketed for decades using the formula first devised by Horsford in the 1850s and refined in the 1860s. E. Ann Nalley, Ph.D., President of the ACS, ...

Despite the change in ownership, Clabber Girl baking powder, baking soda and corn starch are still produced in Terre Haute. The company also owns the Davis, Hearth Club, Rumford and Royal baking ...