The Food That Built America

  • Premiered: Aug 2019
  • Episodes: 65
  • Followers: 43
  • Running
  • History
  • Sunday at 21
  • Documentary Food History

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Season 6
6x1
Tortilla Takeover
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 23, 2025
Bold visionaries risk bringing Mexican food to Americans, creating the top-selling condiment, famous snack chip brands and pairing chips and salsa.
6x2
Movie Theater Munchies
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Air date
Mar 02, 2025
A struggling chocolate maker and a young theater assistant create the movie theater concession stand and launch the world's most iconic movie candies.
6x3
Baking Chocolate Chip History
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Air date
Mar 09, 2025
A teacher turned restaurateur invents America's most popular cookie which leads to a battle of food giants, and one of the most iconic packaged cookies in history.
6x4
Empire of Convenience
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Air date
Mar 16, 2025
The first convenience store is born, and with new innovations like late hours, to-go coffee, and America's most beloved slushy drink, it rises into an iconic chain with more locations than any other store or restaurant in the world.
6x5
Legends of the Mall
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 23, 2025
Early American malls have no food court, until a cinnamon bun, a pretzel, and a panda all move in to create three of the world's most iconic food brands and transform the American Mall.
6x6
Coffee: A Brewed Awakening
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Air date
Mar 30, 2025
Jim Folger discovers a new way to bring coffee to the masses. Then another famous coffee brand gets its big break at the Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville. Plus, the creation of the .. show full overview

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