Margaret Fogarty Rudkin
Author
(1897 - 1967)
Margaret Rudkin began baking whole wheat bread for her son who suffered from allergies. Encouraged by her doctor she was soon selling bread commercially under the Pepperidge Farm brand. She expanded the company rapidly, introducing new products, such as Goldfish. She remained as CEO after selling the company to Campbell Soup in 1961, retiring in 1966.
Bibliography
The Margaret Rudkin Pepperidge Farm Cookbook (1963)
A memoir in the form of a cookbook by the founder of Pepperidge Farm Company, Inc.
Read online at archive.org.
The Pepperidge Farm Baking Book (1970)
A selection of recipes from “The Margaret Rudkin Pepperidge Farm Cookbook”.
Read online at archive.org.