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