Brownies

Everyone likes to be associated with a success story and the chocolate brownie is just such a tale. So, the question of whether a Maine housewife accidentally forgot to add baking powder to her chocolate cake in the late 1800s or if a Chicago socialite had her chefs create something easy and portable for boxed lunches around the same time remains largely unanswered.

The Maine connection came from several cookbooks that published recipes for “Bangor brownies,” citing the state’s lumb