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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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The Food That Built America Baking Chocolate Chip History

A teacher turns restaurateur invents America's popular cookie which leads to a battle of food giants, and one of the packaged cookies.

10:00 AM on History Canada East

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The Food That Built America Baking Chocolate Chip History

A teacher turns restaurateur invents America's popular cookie which leads to a battle of food giants, and one of the packaged cookies.

4:00 PM on History Canada East

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The Food That Built America The Chicken Coup

Eventually challenging America's burger joint heavyweights, two future fast-food kingpins find themselves on a collision course in an all-out chicken sandwich war that is still raging to this day.

5:00 PM on History Canada East

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The Food That Built America Baking Chocolate Chip History

A teacher turns restaurateur invents America's popular cookie which leads to a battle of food giants, and one of the packaged cookies.

8:00 PM on History Canada East

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The Food That Built America The Chicken Coup

Eventually challenging America's burger joint heavyweights, two future fast-food kingpins find themselves on a collision course in an all-out chicken sandwich war that is still raging to this day.

12:00 AM on History Canada East

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The Food That Built America Ice Cream Revolution

A cab driver turned ice cream entrepreneur comes up with the idea to mix name brand candy into high-quality ice cream to create new novel flavors; after opening an ice cream shop to share his mix-in creations, his concept skyrockets.

9:00 AM on History Canada East

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The Food That Built America Ice Cream Revolution

A cab driver turned ice cream entrepreneur comes up with the idea to mix name brand candy into high-quality ice cream to create new novel flavors; after opening an ice cream shop to share his mix-in creations, his concept skyrockets.

3:00 PM on History Canada East

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The Food That Built America When Food Freezes Over

Four intrepid food entrepreneurs race to harness emerging technologies, like the home freezer and microwave, to bring revolutionary frozen snack icons to a waiting world, and forever change everything about eating.

10:00 AM on History Canada East

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The Food That Built America When Food Freezes Over

Four intrepid food entrepreneurs race to harness emerging technologies, like the home freezer and microwave, to bring revolutionary frozen snack icons to a waiting world, and forever change everything about eating.

8:00 PM on History Canada East

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The Food That Built America Movie Theater Munchies

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

9:00 AM on History Canada East

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