At the
time, founder John Kerry was practicing law, which he found to be “quite
predictable and very boring”. So this chocolate lover and his friend
and business partner K. Dunn Gifford opened the bakery and named it after
their mothers, featuring family recipes. In 1982, Lt. Governor Kerry bought
his partner’s shares of the business and sold them to Stanley and Linda
Klein. A few years later, he sold his own shares to the Kleins. Even though
Senator Kerry is no longer at Kilvert & Forbes, we hear that he still
loves chocolate!
The Kleins owned and operated Kilvert & Forbes until
July 2003, when the ice cream girls in Quincy Market decided to expand
their dessert repertoire. Even though Carol Troxell and Sara Youngelson,
owners
of Steve’s Ice Cream and Slugger’s Dugout, can be found eating
ice cream year-round, they know that not everyone enjoys a yummy frozen
treat in the middle of a New England winter! According to Carol, they are
very
happy to be able to share their passion for chocolate year-round at the
bakery. As best friends, Carol and Sara are always looking to change and
improve
their dessert shops, but they have been careful to preserve the success
and tradition at Kilvert & Forbes. With the recent introduction of
Maggie’s
Sweets, the ice cream girls have continued Senator Kerry’s 25-year
family tradition by incorporating some of their family’s favorite
recipes. They hope that some of these special recipes will become your
family’s
favorites, too!
So…who’s Maggie? Well, owner Carol Troxell
decided to combine her family’s tradition of delicious cookies and
sweets with Kilvert & Forbes’ tradition
of familiy recipes. Carol’s mom, Margaret, is the baker of the family
and the creator of many of the recipes in our line of Maggie’s Sweets.
This famous baker helped create President Clinton’s birthday cake,
but is probably best known by friends and family for always having a plate
of goodies around. As Maggie’s whole family will tell you, “Life
is always a little sweeter after a whoopie pie or two!”
