Finding Betty Crocker

For the first time, the life story of Betty Crocker, America''s First Lady of Food, is told in a fully illustrated biography of our country''s most beloved—and fictional—culinary icon.

In 1945, Fortune named Betty Crocker the second most popular American woman, right behind Eleanor Roosevelt, and dubbed Betty America''s First Lady of Food. Not bad for a gal who never actually existed. "Born" in 192...