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The Food That Built America
History Channel ^ | 3/6/22 | History Channel

Posted on 03/06/2022 1:42:23 PM PST by DallasBiff

Season three of the popular nonfiction series “The Food That Built America” will satisfy viewers’ appetites by sharing the origin stories of a new group of bold pioneers behind America’s most iconic food empires such as Orville Redenbacher, Ettore “Chef” Boiardi, Wally Amos, Debbi Fields, and Tom Carvel among others. Before these brands became household names, they came from brilliant – sometimes ruthless – visionaries who revolutionized food

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; History
KEYWORDS: food
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To: Ratman0823

“Actually, Debbie Fields started “Mrs. Fields Cookies”

AACCcckkk!
Ya got me!
Posting at the speed of light gets me every time. Too often my fingers fly much faster than my brain. : / )


41 posted on 03/07/2022 3:30:47 AM PST by oldvirginian (So if a cow doesn’t produce milk, is it a milk dud or an udder failure?)
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To: oldvirginian

That was a very interesting story about her in that show. Did not know that she originally built Mar-A-Largo now the home of the best President in my lifetime.


42 posted on 03/07/2022 9:25:26 AM PST by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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To: JD_UTDallas
In Texas then known as the New Spain

Not America.

Not then.

I am sorry that bothers you.

Well, no actually, I hope it bothers you a great deal and you cry into your pillow at night.

43 posted on 03/07/2022 9:37:53 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (It is better to light a single flame thrower then curse the darkness. A bunch of them is better yet)
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To: LastDayz

Yes it was.
That she was able to take control of the company in such a male dominated era speaks volumes about her will. I expect her multiple marriages were because she refused to be a typical upper class wife and attend lunches over mindless gossip.
Instead she was out changing how Americans would live. One company and it’s products at a time.

Mar a Largo, beautiful place built as a getaway in warmer climate. I think she had several homes across the country. Not sure.
She could afford it. At one time she was the wealthiest woman in the world.


44 posted on 03/07/2022 11:12:32 AM PST by oldvirginian (So if a cow doesn’t produce milk, is it a milk dud or an udder failure?)
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