The Food That Built America

Season 6

10 episodes · Feb 23, 2025

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  • Tortilla Takeover
    S6E1

    Tortilla Takeover

    Feb 23, 2025

    Bold visionaries take big risks to bring Mexican food to all Americans, by creating the best-selling condiment on the planet, two of the most famous snack chip brands of all time and innovating the iconic pairing of chips and salsa.

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  • Movie Theatre Munchies
    S6E2

    Movie Theatre Munchies

    Mar 2, 2025

    A struggling chocolate maker and a young theater assistant create the movie theater concession stand as we know it and launch the world's most iconic movie candies.

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  • Baking Chocolate Chip History
    S6E3

    Baking Chocolate Chip History

    Mar 9, 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.

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  • Empire of Convenience
    S6E4

    Empire of Convenience

    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.

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  • Legends of the Mall
    S6E5

    Legends of the Mall

    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.

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  • Coffee: A Brewed Awakening
    S6E6

    Coffee: A Brewed Awakening

    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 iconic coffee machines that help make coffee a billion dollar industry.

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  • A Box of Chocolates
    S6E7

    A Box of Chocolates

    Apr 13, 2025

    Stephen Whitman introduces Americans to chocolate candy in a sampler box, Russell Stover builds a competing company, and both iconic brands help turn chocolate from an unknown import to a boxed American staple given as a gift of love to this day.

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  • Beer Necessities
    S6E8

    Beer Necessities

    Apr 20, 2025

    A German immigrant looks to revolutionize the American beer industry when he's handed a struggling brewery; his signature beer will go on to amass sales of over 11 billion dollars a year.

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  • Asian Food Invasion
    S6E9

    Asian Food Invasion

    Apr 27, 2025

    A down-on-his-luck Japanese businessman and a Chinese immigrant and her son change the American palette when they introduce instant noodles in a cup, Peking Duck, and the biggest Chinese restaurant chain in the nation.

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  • You Don't Know Jack
    S6E10

    You Don't Know Jack

    May 4, 2025

    Jack Daniel, known for his determination and innovative spirit, teams up with a skilled distiller to create a new recipe that could change the whiskey game.

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