Betty Crocker’s Kitchen Can Now Be Yours

New England is famous for its culinary founding mothers. We know that Fannie Farmer championed home cooking in the late 1800s, Ruth Wakefield introduced America (and then the world) to the chocolate chip cookie in the 1930s, and Julia Child forever changed the way we think about French cooking (not to mention the phrase “Bon Appétit!”) a few decades later. But somewhere in there, we’ve also got a claim to Betty Crocker. Yes, that Betty Crocker. America’s go-to cookbook, cake-mix, and homemaker queen since the 1940s.

Actually … make that a claim to nutritionist Janette Kelley, one of the women responsible for creating Betty Crocker. As Director of the Home Services Department at General Mills at the time, Kelley led a test kitchen full of female recipe developers that became the expertise behind the quintessential (fictional) domestic brand icon. Naturally, you can assume the brainstorming and recipe testing continued at home — a home which can now be yours! Kelley’s former Norwell, Massachusetts Gambrel Cape (known locally as the “Betty Crocker House”) is now on the market, and it’s even more charming than you’d imagine. Starting with the curb appeal…

And continuing through to the spacious, sunny kitchen.

Love hosting cocktail or dinner parties? Afternoon teas? Tupperware soirées? You can do that here, with the help of a large stone fireplace and ample wood paneling.

Rounding out the three-bedroom, two-bath property are a brick patio, grassy yard, and even a chicken coop. And once you’ve moved in, why not celebrate with something sweet? I recommend a Caramel-Nut Cake Ring. It’s also perfect for when company comes calling.

How would you like to live in the Betty Crocker House? You might have to fight me for it…. Contact Laurie Detwiler at Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage for more information. List price: $675,000