Editor's Note: This segment was rebroadcast on July 24, 2019, after "Jell-O Girls: A Family History" was released in paperback. That audio is available here. Jell-O was a staple of American households ...

Jell-O might be the glistening dish of picnics and potlucks, but for Allie Rowbottom — a descendant of the Jell-O fortune — it’s both a burden and an abyss. In “Jell-O Girls,” she weaves together her ...

In this intimate and intriguing debut memoir, Rowbottom explores the lives of the women in her family, specifically her mother and grandmother, members of the family that once owned the Jell-O company ...

Acheery, jiggling bowl of Jell-O is, in the words of the old advertising slogan, America’s Most Famous Dessert. But Allie Rowbottom’s memoir of her family, heirs to the Jell-O fortune, is neither ...

Jell-O heir Allie Rowbottom’s keening book is at its core an act of devotion to her mother, Mary. Based in part on a memoir Mary was unable to complete before her death at age 70 in 2015, “Jell-O ...

Allie has been Lifehacker’s Food Writer since 2021. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Ithaca College in drama and studied at the Institute of Culinary Education to earn her diploma in Pastry and ...

Read the full article here. We revisit host Robin Young's conversation with Allie Rowbottom, author of "Jell-O Girls: A Family History," from last August. The book came out in paperback on July 9.

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Allie Rowbottom is the great-great-great niece of the man who originally bought the patent for Jell-O from its inventor in 1899. Purchased for $450 and sold 26 years later for $67 million, Jell-O ...

The colorful, molded gelatin dessert was anything but a wonderland for the women of Allie Rowbottom's family. Jell-O Has Delighted Many American Households. But For One Family, It Was A Curse Editor’s ...