The Food That Built America (2019)
The fascinating stories of the families behind the food that built America, those who used brains, muscle, blood, sweat and tears to get to America's heart through its stomach, those who invented new technologies and helped win wars.
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Episodes
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1. All American Marinara2024-02-25 · 42mImagine a world where marinara sauce isn't part of the American palate. That was true nearly sixty years ago, when food conglomerate Campbells kickstarts what will become an Italia
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2. Ice Cream Revolution2024-03-03 · 42mA cab driver turned ice cream entrepreneur comes up with the idea to mix name brand candy into high quality ice cream to create new novel flavors. After opening an ice cream shop t
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3. Soda Rising: Birth of Pop2024-03-10 · 42mIn the late 1800s, two pharmacists 1500 miles apart race to create healthy, non-alcoholic beverage options, kickstarting the entire soda industry with their breakout hits: Hires Ro
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4. Sunshine in a Glass2024-03-17 · 42mA scientist and businessman team up to develop a Vitamin C rich war ration for the troops fighting in World War 2, which unexpectedly leads to the development of a frozen concentra
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5. Let Them Bake Cake2024-03-24 · 42mDuring the mid-20th century, two unlikely characters find themselves in competition to simplify the lives of homemakers across the country by creating a tasty but easy boxed cake-m
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6. Penny Candy Craze2024-03-31 · 42mIn the early 1900s, an underestimated confectioner creates the first wrapped penny candy--the Tootsie Roll. Meanwhile, an unemployed salesman transforms medicinal hard candy into a
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7. Champions of Breakfast2024-04-14Will Kellogg is on top of the cereal industry after beating out post, but now, the king of cereal has met his match with a young flour mill executive; a decades long war for domina
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8. Planet Mars2024-04-21After being kicked out of the family business by his father, Forrest Mars scratches and claws his way back to create a multi-sector global empire, Mars Inc. Today that empire is wo
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9. Lunchbox Legends2024-07-07Lunchtime is one of the most enjoyable meals of every kid's day, but before the 1960s it was just another meal; then, three very different food visionaries take matters into their
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10. The Colonel2024-07-14Kentucky gas station owner, Harland Sanders, develops a new method for making fried chicken, drawing customers from far and wide.
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11. Citrus Soda Stars2024-07-21A small-time St. Louis soda maker, Charles Leiper Grigg, takes on Coke and Pepsi by introducing a clear, lemon-lime soda he calls 7-Up. At the same time, two brothers in Tennessee,
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12. Burger Empire: The Ray Kroc Story2024-07-28In the 1950s, middle-aged salesman Ray Kroc is drowning in debt when he's inspired by a roadside burger stand he wants to spread nationwide, McDonald's; he creates the modern model
Cast
Adam RichmanSelf - Author-TV Host
Campbell ScottNarrator (voice)
Jason LiebigSelf - HistorianImages
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