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| 10/4/2003 Southern Living Inc. , December 1997 | | FruitCake to the Front | | Why, wonders Ira Womble, do people associate fruitcake only with the holidays? And why, oh why, do the comedians keep harping on that one fruitcake-you know, the lonely doorstop of a confection that's endlessly passed from one person to another. more>> | | Links: Southern Living Website |
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| 10/4/2003 Karan M. Robinson is a writer based in South Carolina for American Profile | | Nuts over Fruitcake! | | "When the ovens crank up during the height of summer in Claxton, Ga., a sweet aroma of fruitcake wafts down the streets and around the corners. While most residents cool off at the beach or relax in the shade, the 'Fruitcake Capital of the World,' prepares for the holidays." writes Karan M. Robinson more>> | | Links: American Profile Article |
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| 10/4/2003 By Russ Bynum, Associated Press | | Jokes aside, Claxton proud to call itself fruitcake capital | | CLAXTON -- The jokes don't offend John Womble. He even collects them, such as a gag Christmas card labeled 'Attack of the Killer Fruitcake.' 'I think about this every time I make a cake. I make sure you're never going to knock off on my cake,' says Womble, the third-generation operator of the Georgia Fruit Cake Company.
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| 10/4/2003 By John Zasky, Failure Magazine-Business | | Bad Reputation : Forget the Jokes, Fruitcake is Serious Business | | What comes to your mind when you think of fruitcake? Is it “Soft , succulent cake filled with delicious fruit and nuts”, or is fruitcake just another word for “doorstop”? While it’s true that the fruitcake has had an image problem for what seems like forever, its public approval rating reached an all-time low in the early ‘90’s when Johnny Carson mocked it on late night television. more>> | | Links: Failure Magazine Website |
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| 10/4/2003 Georgia Neighbors, A Publication of the Georgia Farm Bureau, Fall 2000/ vol. 5, no. 3 | | Claxton Bakers Crazy about Fruitcake | | The folks in Claxton have heard all the jokes about fruitcake. That’s because the southeast Georgia town is home to two world famous bakeries that have earned the town the title of Fruitcake Capital of the World. It’s a title the town proudly advertises on welcome signs at the city limits. more>> | |
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| 10/4/2003 n/a | | Fruitcake : Georgia Fruit Cake Company | | If ever a holiday symbol has been much maligned, the fruit cake certainly has. There probably are jokes about passing the same fruitcake endlessly to unsuspecting family members and friends written on the walls of prehistoric caves. But face it, somebody is eating them, or there wouldn’t be people out there baking them everyday. more>> | |
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| 10/4/2003 By Monty Cagle | | Georgia Fruitcake Company | | What makes Claxton, Georgia the Fruitcake Capitol of the World?
You guessed it: fruitcake.
But how, in a town that has only recently achieved a population of more than 3,000, did an industry grow and develop into a multi-million dollar business, sending out over nine million pounds of fruitcake worldwide every year?
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| 10/4/2003 The Advance-Progress, November 28, 2001, Page 3L, Just Chatting with Kitty Peterson | | Mama’s Special Gift at Thanksgiving and Christmas | | NOTE: With this holiday remembrance penned by Alison Simmons, an outstanding artist, came a note explaining that the warm memories are of her childhood spent in Massachusetts. Added to the note was this statement, “I am so blessed that the Lord brought me South—a little bit of Heaven, here on Earth.” more>> | |
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