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Introducing Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story

Nov 6, 202545:12Arts

Meet Wally Amos. He founded the ubiquitous Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookies in 1975, turning the brand into an overnight sensation and himself into a pop-culture fixture in the 1970s and 1980s. But there’s a darker sid...

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Introducing Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story is an episode from Bon Appétit Foodcast by Bon Appétit. Meet Wally Amos. He founded the ubiquitous Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookies in 1975, turning the brand into an overnight sensa...

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Published Nov 6, 2025, 45:12 long, audio available.

Introducing Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story

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