The Food That Built America

  • Premiered: Aug 2019
  • Episodes: 59
  • Followers: 42
  • Running
  • History
  • Sunday at 21
  • Documentary Food History

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Season 3
3x1
Submarine Warfare
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 27, 2022
High School friends see an alternative to fast food with the "submarine" sandwich. But they are quickly met with the fierce competition of a new submarine joint, started by a physicist, .. show full overview
3x2
A Cold One
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 06, 2022
In the late 1800s, German immigrants Joseph Schlitz and Captain Frederick Pabst find themselves in a battle for beer dominance. In their fight for one upmanship they will help create the most popular alcoholic beverage on the planet.
3x3
Do or Donut
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 13, 2022
When a commercial caterer realises his two best selling items are doughnuts and coffee, he joins forces with his brother-in-law to create a revolutionary doughnut chain. Soon a rivalry starts with a beloved Southern-based doughnut shop.
3x4
A Dish Best Served... Soft
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 20, 2022
When his ice cream truck breaks down, Tom Carvel discovers that half-melted ice cream is a surefire hit with customers. But while he works to mass produce this new treat, the McCulloughs hit upon the same idea.
3x5
The Best Thing Since…
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 27, 2022
In a quest to dominate the growing commercial bread industry, Lee Marshall bets on a new kind of white loaf, unwittingly inspiring a homemaker named Margaret Rudkin to come up with a healthier alternative.
3x6
Cookie Fortunes
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Air date
Apr 03, 2022
Hollywood agent Wally Amos transforms his professional life when he decides to make and sell his own gourmet chocolate chip cookies, and opens America's first cookie store; housewife Debbi Fields opens her homestyle cookie shop in a mall.
3x7
The Beef is On
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Air date
Apr 10, 2022
When Col. Sanders sells his company to investors in 1964, the new owners identify a rising star within the organization: Dave Thomas.
3x8
Pop Stars
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Air date
Apr 17, 2022
Small town farmer Orville Redenbacher has a lifelong dream of creating the perfect popcorn kernel, leading to the first significant development of popcorn in thousands of years which he .. show full overview
3x9
Beyond the Burger
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Air date
Apr 24, 2022
Restaurateur Glen Bell works to create a burger alternative for the fast-food market and after several setbacks goes on to help introduce the taco to America; two brothers look to beat the burger by betting that a roast beef sandwich can compete.
3x10
Chain Reaction
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Air date
May 01, 2022
Former wrestler Rocky Aoki and a perfume salesman become the unlikely fathers of a casual dining revolution when they open different establishments in the heart of New York City: one of America's first Japanese restaurants and a swinging singles bar.
3x11
Let Them Eat Snack Cakes
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Air date
May 08, 2022
Martha Entenmann takes the reins of her late husband's baking company and grows it into a national powerhouse; a married couple bankrupt one bakery, but succeed their second time around with a revolutionary way to sell snack cakes.
3x12 Season finale
Pasta Party
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Air date
May 15, 2022
Hector and Mario Boiardi open an Italian restaurant in Cleveland in 1924 and soon introduce Italian food to Americans; the brothers eventually find themselves in competition with James Kraft and his newest offering, macaroni and cheese.

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