{
  "id": 17229533,
  "title": "I tried the original 1893 brownie recipe at the Chicago hotel that invented it. It was nothing like a boxed mix.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/i-tried-the-original-1893-brownie-recipe-at-the-chicago-hotel-that",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-30T13:22:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/original-brownie-invented-chicago-hotel-review-2025-9"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In 1893, the Palmer House hotel in Chicago invented the original brownie recipe for the World's Fair. The cookie-sized dessert was designed to be easily transported in lunchboxes for society women attending the fair. The recipe consists of 60% dark chocolate, butter, sugar, eggs, flour, and baking powder. The hotel serves the original recipe at its Lockwood Restaurant and café. The brownie is considered a decadent dessert with a rich chocolate flavor, nutty texture, and a tart-like apricot glaze. Many consider the original brownie to be a unique and delicious dessert.",
  "summary": "The brownie, a dessert inspired by the Gilded Age socialite Bertha Palmer, was created for the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. I gave it a taste test.",
  "key_points": [
    "Palmer House hotel invented original brownie recipe in 1893",
    "Recipe consists of dark chocolate, butter, sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder",
    "Lockwood Restaurant serves original brownie today"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}