Parker House Roll





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Y/M/D Person Association Description Place Locale Event
1875/00/00 Harvey D Parker Owner In the early 1870s, Parker House Rolls are invented at the Parker House Hotel by Harvey Parker's wife, Julia Brown Parker. Or, possibly by a German baker, Herr Ward. Parker House Boston
1876/00/00 Jacques Offenbach Guest Jacques Offenbach stays at the Parker House. At his first dinner, he is so delighted with the rolls, that he sings "Parker rolls, Parker rolls, how I love you" to the amusement of the other diners. The song was later used in Les Contes d'Hoffmann. Parker House Boston
1933/00/00 Eleanor Roosevelt Life The Parker House keeps the exact ingredients to make Parker House Rolls a secret until Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt request that the recipe to be sent to them in Washington. Parker House Boston
1933/00/00 Franklin D Roosevelt Life The Parker House keeps the exact ingredients to make Parker House Rolls a secret until Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt request that the recipe to be sent to them in Washington. Parker House Boston

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Product Kind Food
Food Category Victual



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