The Food That Built America

In the mid-50s, a San Bernardino man named Glen Bell is fixated on McDonald’s. His own burger stand is in shambles, and ... Read more

Popcorn may very well be the oldest snack food on the planet, but for much of its modern history it was something to be ... Read more

Nowadays, grocery stores and gas stations are filled with Little Debbie products. In the 1950s, though, snack cakes were... Read more

In the mid 1970s, a woman who wants to be more than just a housewife, is tired of living in her husband’s shadow. Armed ... Read more

In the mid-60s, a single perfume salesman finds himself struggling to meet women to date. So, he goes to the bar to comp... Read more

In Illinois, a father and son working in the wholesale ice cream mixing business have an idea. Convinced that ice cream ... Read more

Post-World War Two, a food entrepreneur sees promise in a new business. In 1948, William Rosenberg notices two of his of... Read more

150 years ago, German immigrants in the Midwest write the history of beer in America. A recently shipwrecked steamboat c... Read more

Sixty years ago, sandwiches were finger food, not a whole meal, and certainly not sold as fast food. But when three high... Read more

In the 1950s, one of the biggest companies in the world - Procter and Gamble - decides to enter the chip business. A che... Read more