The Food That Built America

  • Estreia: Ago 2019
  • Episódios: 53
  • Seguidores: 41
  • A decorrer
  • History
  • Domingo às 21
  • Documentary Food History

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2x1
Pizza Wars
Episode overview
Data de estreia
Fev 09, 2021
In the 1950's, two brothers from Wichita, Kan., aim to build their restaurant, Pizza Hut, by introducing America to Italian dish-pizza; Americans soon fall in love with their pizza, but rival, Domino's, threatens to derail their success.
2x2
The Chocolate Rush
Episode overview
Data de estreia
Fev 14, 2021
In 1919, Milton Hershey is king of the chocolate, but everything changes when sugar prices drop in the new post-WWI era; competitors spring up, including Hershey's former employee HB Reese, who goes on to create one of the bestselling candies ever.
2x3
The Kings of Burgers
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Data de estreia
Fev 21, 2021
In the 1950s, Ray Kroc franchises McDonald's nationwide, but right behind Kroc, a wave of other entrepreneurs try to cash in on the fast-food restaurant craze. Two Florida visionaries .. show full overview
2x4
American Cheese
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Data de estreia
Fev 28, 2021
At the turn of the 20th century, James Kraft challenges centuries of cheese-making tradition and forever alters the dairy industry with his new cheese innovation. Meanwhile, the Pabst .. show full overview
2x5
Cola Wars
Episode overview
Data de estreia
Mar 07, 2021
In the 1970s, one major cola brand launches a blind taste-test marketing plan that takes direct aim at their biggest competitor.
2x6
Chip Dynasties
Episode overview
Data de estreia
Mar 14, 2021
Herman Lay takes regional and small-time chips business to a national scale with his cutting-edge sales techniques and world-changing packaging technology, while a rival innovator invents a new kind of snack chip that will challenge Lay's crown.
2x7
Cookie Wars
Episode overview
Data de estreia
Mar 21, 2021
A business partnership gone wrong leads Adolphus Green to create one of the most iconic cookie and cracker companies in history, and it revolutionizes packaging.
2x8
Soup of the Century
Episode overview
Data de estreia
Mar 28, 2021
When a chemist begins working at the Joseph A. Campbell preserve company, he invents a condensed soup that brings this rare luxury to the nation for the first time. It also attracts the attention of Henry Heinz, who becomes a bitter competitor.
2x9
Godfathers of Fast Food
Episode overview
Data de estreia
Abr 04, 2021
A short order chef invents the hamburger bun and engineers a new way of making a burger faster than ever before; Nathan Handwerker invests his life savings into a hot dog stand at Coney Island.
2x10
The TV Dinner
Episode overview
Data de estreia
Abr 11, 2021
Gilbert Swanson inherits his father's frozen turkey company and partners with a food chemist to innovate a revolutionary dinner that Americans can heat up at home.
2x11
Ice Cream Empires
Episode overview
Data de estreia
Abr 18, 2021
A young boy accidentally discovers a frozen treat on a stick; a candy store owner reinvents ice cream and launches the first ever ice cream truck; when two men own a patent on the same thing, a battle erupts.
2x12
A Game of Chicken
Episode overview
Data de estreia
Mai 31, 2021
In the 1970’s, Ray Kroc is far ahead of the competition. But when a burger chain claiming to be king poaches his third-highest ranking executive, Don Smith, it’s war. Smith re-engineers .. show full overview
2x13
When the Chips Are Down
Episode overview
Data de estreia
Jun 06, 2021
As C.E. Doolin and Herman Lay try to control the chips business in the 1950s, their success inspires one of the biggest companies in the world to design a strong, saddle-shaped chip and a revolutionary container to ship them in.
2x14
The Rise of a Rival
Episode overview
Data de estreia
Jun 13, 2021
Candy company president Charles Guth buys a bankrupt cola company and goes to war with the supplier who wronged him and its new CEO, maverick businessman Robert Woodruff.
2x15
Gum Slingers
Episode overview
Data de estreia
Jun 20, 2021
William Wrigley stumbles upon a new product that kickstarts a revolution across industries and sparks a life-long rivalry.
2x16 Final da temporada
Breakfast Barons
Episode overview
Data de estreia
Jun 27, 2021
Dr. John Kellogg and his brother start a revolution in breakfast, while rival C.W. Post takes direct aim at an empire of his own.

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