Md.) McCormick & Co. (Baltimore

McCormick & Co. was founded in Baltimore in 1889 by Willoughby M. McCormick. Early on, the business sold root beer, fruit syrups, and flavoring extracts door to door before expanding into spices, and Baltimore remained closely tied to the company’s identity for decades.

The name appears as the author or publisher of food and household booklets such as Story of Extracts and later company publications about its products and history. These works were typically created as informative, promotional pieces, giving readers recipes, kitchen guidance, and a friendly introduction to the company’s extracts, spices, and other pantry staples.

For an audiobook library, it helps to think of this “author” not as a single writer but as a historic company voice. The appeal is in that blend of culinary history, advertising culture, and everyday domestic life from an earlier American era.