Author Laura Shapiro discusses the invention — and inventor — of Stove Top Stuffing. Ruth Siems, who was the first person listed in the 1975 patent for the stuffing, died November 13 at age 74.
Ruth M. Siems, a home economist who helped create Stove Top stuffing, a Thanksgiving favorite that will be on dinner tables across the country this year, has died at 74. Siems, who worked for General ...