Howard Johnson's
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Howard Johnson by Wyndham, still commonly referred to as Howard Johnson's, is an American hotel brand with roughly 300 hotels in 15 countries. It was also formerly a restaurant chain, which at one tim
Howard Johnson entered the airline catering market
Howard Johnson's restaurant entrance with emblematic weather vane and orange roof
HoJo motor lodges used a lamplighter character lighting a lamppost with the Simple Simon character pointing to the light
Historic promotional image of the Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge in Miami Beach
Jacques Pépin
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Jacques Pépin is a French chef, author, culinary educator, television personality, and artist. After having been the personal chef of French president Charles de Gaulle, he moved to the US in 1959. He
Howard Johnson's
…franchised, as well as 88 franchised Howard Johnson's motor lodges in 32 states and The Bahamas. In 1961, Johnson hired New York chefs Pierre Franey and Jacques Pépin to oversee food development at the company's main commissary in Brockton, Massachusetts. Franey and Pépin developed recipes for the company's signature…
Pépin in 2006
Claudine and Jacques Pépin at the Fabulous Food Show, 2012
Jacques Pépín (left) with a bust in his likeness by sculptor Zenos Frudakis (right), 2019