Solomon's Gourmet Cookies, LLC was started by Jason, Adam, and Lynn Tenenbaum and Sandra Sweet in 2003. However, our tradition and recipes go back much further - to the early 1900's, in fact! Jason and Adam's great-grandfather (Lynn and Sandy's grandfather), Samuel Middel, owned a small food company in Chicago. He developed a line of healthy cookie products for his customers and especially his daughters Frieda and Evelyn. In the 1940's Frieda's and Evelyn's husbands, Aaron Solomon and Al Levenberg, respectively, took over the business and changed the name of Samuel's company to MI-DEL®, in honor of Frieda and Evelyn's parents. (Aaron and Al eventually sold the company, but the brand continues, owned by PANOS Brands).
Meanwhile, Frieda’s love of cookies continued, and she began developing cookie recipes over her lifetime. After many years Sandy and Lynn collected all of the recipes so they wouldn't be lost. They began selling in the Northern Suburbs of Chicago under the name That's The Way The Cookie Crumbles™. In 2003, Jason and Adam decided, with the help of their mom Lynn to broaden the concept, and in line with family tradition re-named the company Solomon's Gourmet Cookies.
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