He developed new products and promotional campaigns for Pringles and Duncan Hines mixes.
Among those who visited and helped to publicize the restaurant and inn was Duncan Hines.
After earning his Ph.D. from MIT, Bates went to work at Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati, Ohio where he developed formulas for cake mixes of angel food and devil's food cakes as part of the Duncan Hines brand during the 1960s.
By 1953, Hines sold the right to use his name and the title of his book to Roy H. Park to form Hines-Park Foods, which licensed the name to a number of food-related businesses.
Permanent exhibits include the Instruments of American Excellence (IAE) (opened September 2012), the life of Duncan Hines, a look at the Civil War from a local perspective, a decorative arts gallery ranging from an Egyptian sarcophagus to 1970s macramé, plus a gallery of regional quilts.
In the late 1940s, the Grange approached Park to find a way to market their excess food products; Park approached well-known food critic Duncan Hines to lend his name to a brand of packaged food products.
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In 1992, the San Francisco Chronicle named Dassant Truffle Brownie Mix the best overall mix, beating out Pillsbury, Duncan Hines and Betty Crocker.
In the 1940s, he painted ads for clients such as Duncan Hines, Campbell Soups,Coca-Cola, Wonder Bread, Bird's Eye, and GLF (Grange League Federation) which later became Agway.