Female FOODIES Marie Callender Homemade Pie Maven Rebecca Felix Checkerboard Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing com
Marie Callender Homemade Pie Maven Chapter 1 Pie Icon You’re at home and hungry for a hearty meal But you have to leave for your piano lesson in 20 minutes Luckily there’s a Marie Callender’s turkey dinner in the freezer You open the square green box and pop the dinner in the microwave oven Your meal is ready in no time You top it off with a boxed dessert inspired by Callender’s famous pies The name Marie Callender’s is well-known around the country as a brand of frozen meals and desserts But Marie Callender’s is also a chain of restaurants These eateries got their start when the woman they were named after became renowned for her homemade pies Food Bite Marie Callender was born in 1907 in South Dakota Little is known about her early life and family including her last name In the 1920s Marie’s family moved west to California There Marie met and married Cal Callender in 1924 4 Both Marie and Cal were only 17 years old when they married
Today there are more than 65 Marie Callender’s restaurants In 1928 Callender gave birth to her and Cal’s only son Don Callender spent much of the next 20 years raising Don and managing the family’s household In the 1940s Callender’s life changed when she decided to begin a career 5
