Vincent Domenico, Inventor of Rice-A-Roni (NY Times)

From The New York Times:

By Saul Hansell
Published: October 23, 2007

DeDomenico and his brothers invented their signature product in 1958 after watching a sister-in-law mix a can of Swanson’s chicken broth with rice and vermicelli.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/23/business/23dedomenico-backf-obt-34-07.html?ref=obituaries