text: The restaurant 's popularity was not just due to its home-cooked style meals ; her policy was to give diners a whole extra helping of their entrÃ es to take home with them and a serving of her homemade cookies for dessert .
simplified: The restaurant 's popularity in the 1930s was not just because of its style , but it was also because Ruth gave diners a whole extra helping and some home made cookies to take home with them .