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How a Massachusetts Soda Fountain Became an American Icon
American Palate
August 2013
On Sale: August 13, 2013
160 pages
ISBN: 1609494288
EAN: 9781609494285
Kindle: B00EDOEYJ2
Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction
Howard Johnson created an orange-roofed empire of ice cream stands and restaurants that stretched from Maine to Florida and all the way to the West Coast. Popularly known as the "Father of the Franchise Industry," Johnson delivered good food and prices that brought appreciative customers back for more. The attractive white Colonial Revival restaurants, with eye-catching porcelain tile roofs, illuminated cupolas and sea blue shutters, were described in Reader's Digest in 1949 as the epitome of "eating places that look like New England town meeting houses dressed up for Sunday." Boston historian and author Anthony M. Sammarco recounts how Howard Johnson introduced twenty-eight flavors of ice cream, the "Tendersweet" clam strips, grilled frankforts and a menu of delicious and traditional foods that families eagerly enjoyed when they traveled.
 Media BuzzFresh Air - NPR - November 26, 2013
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