Wheaton is executive editor of the Golden Valley-based company's cookbooks, overseeing recipe development, photography and manuscript writing.įor her latest project, Wheaton has compiled a collector's edition of recipes into 'Betty Crocker Best 100: Favorite Recipes From America's Most Trusted Cook' (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $25), ranging from tried-and-true standards like banana bread and Swedish meatballs to classics-in-the-making along the lines of spiced pumpkin cupcakes and gluten-free tuna-noodle casserole. Still, Cathy Swanson Wheaton is making sure that the 100th birthday of General Mills' fictitious spokesperson is not going unnoticed.
Spoiler alert: Betty Crocker, arguably the most recognized Minnesotan of the past century, isn't a real person.
