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The Food That Built America

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7 Iconic Candies Through the Decades

Famous Amos: The Rise and Fall of a Cookie Empire

How 19th-Century German Immigrants Revolutionized America's Beer Industry

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15 of America's Most Historic Restaurants

Who Invented the Potato Chip?

Why Ice Cream Soared in Popularity During Prohibition

Andy Warhol’s Soup Can Paintings: What They Mean and Why They Became a Sensation

Why the Candy Bar Market Exploded After World War I

How the 'Blood Feud' Between Coke and Pepsi Escalated During the 1980s Cola Wars

Who Invented Pizza?

How Drive-Thru Dining Changed Fast Food

Babe Ruth or Baby Ruth: Who Was the Candy Bar Named After?

Nazis Planned to Kill Winston Churchill With an Exploding Chocolate Bar

Chew on This: The History of Gum

Break Out the Buns: The History of the Hot Dog

Meet a Long-Lost Father of New York City Pizza

How Chocolate Became a Valentine's Day Staple

Where Hamburgers Began—and How They Became an Iconic American Food

Chocolate’s Sweet History: From Elite Treat to Food for the Masses

Read More: The Disastrous 'New Coke' Flop

Frozen History: The Story of the Popsicle

How Canned Food Revolutionized The Way We Eat

Dr. John Kellogg Invented Cereal. Some of His Other Wellness Ideas Were Much Weirder

How an Accidental Invention Changed What Americans Eat for Breakfast

How McDonald's Beat Its Early Competition and Became an Icon of Fast Food

The Stories That Built America

The Food That Built America

The Food That Built America

The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen

The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen

The Men Who Built America

The Men Who Built America

The Cars That Made America

The Cars That Made America

The Icons That Built America

The Icons That Built America

The Cars That Built the World

The Cars That Built the World

How Disney Built America

How Disney Built America

The Toys That Built America

The Toys That Built America

The Mega-Brands That Built America

The Mega-Brands That Built America

The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America

The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America

The Engineering That Built the World

The Engineering That Built the World

The Machines That Built America

The Machines That Built America

The Titans That Built America1

The Titans That Built America1

The Machines That Built America: Snack Sized1

The Machines That Built America: Snack Sized1

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