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Season 2 – The Food That Built America

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The stories of the families behind the food that built America, those who used brains, muscle, blood, sweat and tears to get to America's heart through its stomach, those who invented new technologies and helped win wars.
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Campbell Scott

Narrator

Adam Richman

Host

Libby O'Connell

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Yohuru Williams

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Greg Henry

Executive Producer

Isaac Holub

Executive Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Feb 9, 2021 Pizza Wars 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. Details Episode 2 Aired Feb 14, 2021 The Chocolate Rush 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. Details Episode 3 Aired Feb 21, 2021 The Kings of Burgers In the 1950s, Ray Kroc franchises McDonald's nationwide, but right behind Kroc, a wave of other entrepreneurs tries to cash in on the fast food restaurant craze; two Florida visionaries start up what will become Kroc's biggest rival. Details Episode 4 Aired Feb 28, 2021 American Cheese At the turn of the 20th century, James Kraft challenges thousands of years of cheese-making tradition and forever alters the dairy industry with his new cheese innovation; the Pabst brothers are desperate to keep their successful beer empire solvent. Details Episode 5 Aired Mar 7, 2021 Cola Wars In the 1970s, one major cola brand launches a blind taste-test marketing plan that takes direct aim at their biggest competitor. Details Episode 6 Aired Mar 14, 2021 Chip Dynasties 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. Details Episode 7 Aired Mar 21, 2021 Cookie Wars 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. Details Episode 8 Aired Mar 28, 2021 Soup of the Century 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. Details Episode 9 Aired Apr 4, 2021 Godfathers of Fast Food 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. Details Episode 10 Aired Apr 11, 2021 The TV Dinner 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. Details Episode 11 Aired Apr 18, 2021 Ice Cream Empires 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. Details Episode 12 Aired May 31, 2021 A Game of Chicken In the 1970s, 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. Details Episode 13 Aired Jun 6, 2021 When the Chips Are Down 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. Details Episode 14 Aired Jun 13, 2021 The Rise of a Rival 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. Details Episode 15 Aired Jun 20, 2021 Gum Slingers William Wrigley stumbles upon a new product that kickstarts a revolution across industries and sparks a lifelong rivalry. Details Episode 16 Aired Jun 27, 2021 Breakfast Barons 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. Details Episode 17 Aired Nov 28, 2021 The Spoils of War WWII sees competing industrial empires joining the war effort in a united front to fuel the forces fighting for freedom abroad; in Post-War America, visionaries revolutionize the industry, and pave the way for the golden age of the American dream. Details
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Season Info

Executive Producer
Greg Henry, Isaac Holub, Jim Pasquarella, Kim Woodard, Mary Donahue, Yoshi Stone
Network
History
Rating
TV-PG (V|L)
Genre
Special Interest, History, Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date
Feb 9, 2021