The Food That Built America Podcast
1) McDonald's Before McDonald's (from HISTORY This Week)
If you liked this episode, subscribe to HISTORY This Week wherever you listen to podcasts!May 15, 1940. It’s opening day. San Bernardino, CA is a city on the rise, and to meet this new demand for chea...Show More
2) From HISTORY This Week: America’s Restaurants Meet the Michelin Man
Find HISTORY This Week wherever you listen to podcasts!February 23, 2005. New York City's culinary elite gather at Gotham Hall. Tuxedoed waiters pass around champagne flutes and decadent hors d'oeuvre...Show More
3) HISTORY This Week: Nixon Does Whatever It Takes to Win in ’68
This is a brand-new episode from HISTORY This Week, available wherever you listen to podcasts!September 16, 1968. Richard Nixon isn't exactly seen as a comedian. But tonight, he's trying to change tha...Show More
4) HISTORY This Week is returning this Monday, 9/16!
HISTORY This week is about to return! We'll be back with new episodes this Monday, September 16th. In the meantime, listen to our trailer for Season 5, and follow HISTORY This Week wherever you get yo...Show More
5) Taco Bell
In the mid-50s, a San Bernardino man named Glen Bell is fixated on McDonald’s. His own burger stand is in shambles, and he’s trying to bounce back. When he looks around, though, he realizes Mexican fo...Show More
6) Pop Stars
Popcorn may very well be the oldest snack food on the planet, but for much of its modern history it was something to be consumed in movie theaters or at fairgrounds - not at home. No truly national br...Show More
7) Let Them Eat Snack Cake
Nowadays, grocery stores and gas stations are filled with Little Debbie products. In the 1950s, though, snack cakes were just gaining popularity, when a Chattanooga couple took a risk, scrapping big p...Show More
8) Cookie Fortunes
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 with her phenomenal cookies, Debbi Fields seeks out an unlikely spot for her unl...Show More
9) Chain Reaction
In the mid-60s, a single perfume salesman finds himself struggling to meet women to date. So, he goes to the bar to complain to the bartender about his predicament. That’s when the salesman has an ide...Show More
10) A Dish Best Served Soft
In Illinois, a father and son working in the wholesale ice cream mixing business have an idea. Convinced that ice cream tastes better fresh before it’s fully-frozen, what if they could create a machin...Show More