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The Food That Built America Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
12 Episodes 2022 - 2022
Episode 1
Submarine Warfare
Sun, Feb 27, 2022
High School friends see an alternative to fast food with the "submarine" sandwich. But they are quickly met with the fierce competition of a new submarine joint, started by a physicist, that is trying to perfect the art of the franchise, and will go on to be the biggest restaurant chain in the world.
Episode 2
A Cold One
Sun, Mar 6, 2022
In the late 1800s, German immigrants Joseph Schlitz and Captain Frederick Pabst find themselves in a battle for beer dominance. In their fight for one-upmanship, they will help create the most popular alcoholic beverage on the planet.
Episode 3
Do or Donut
Sun, Mar 13, 2022
When a commercial caterer realises his two best selling items are doughnuts and coffee, he joins forces with his brother-in-law to create a revolutionary doughnut chain. Soon a rivalry starts with a beloved Southern-based doughnut shop.
Episode 4
A Dish Best Served... Soft
Sun, Mar 20, 2022
When his ice cream truck breaks down, Tom Carvel discovers that half-melted ice cream is a surefire hit with customers. But while he works to mass produce this new soft serve treat, John and Alex McCullough hit upon the same idea, and grow their fledgling business into what will become Carvel's biggest rival.
Episode 5
The Best Thing Since...
Sun, Mar 27, 2022
In a quest to dominate the growing commercial bread industry, Lee Marshall bets on a new kind of white loaf, unwittingly inspiring a homemaker named Margaret Rudkin to come up with a healthier alternative.
Episode 6
Cookie Fortunes
Sun, Apr 3, 2022
Hollywood agent Wally Amos transforms his professional life when he decides to make and sell his own gourmet chocolate chip cookies, and opens America's first cookie store; housewife Debbi Fields opens her home-style cookie shop in a mall.
Episode 7
The Beef is On
Sun, Apr 10, 2022
When Colonel Sanders sells his company to investors in 1964, the new owners identify a rising star within the organization: Dave Thomas.
Episode 8
Pop Stars
Sun, Apr 17, 2022
Small town farmer Orville Redenbacher has a lifelong dream of creating the perfect popcorn kernel, leading to the first significant development of popcorn in thousands of years which he sells nationwide, eventually pitting him against industry rivals for supremacy of America's oldest snack.
Episode 9
Beyond the Burger
Sun, Apr 24, 2022
Restaurateur Glen Bell works to create a burger alternative for the overcrowded fast-food market and after several setbacks goes on to help introduce the taco to America with his namesake restaurant; while two brothers also look to beat the burger by betting that a roast beef sandwich can compete with the national burger chains.
Episode 10
Chain Reaction
Sun, May 1, 2022
In New York City, former Olympic wrestler Rocky Aoki and a perfume salesman become the unlikely fathers of a casual dining revolution when they open wildly different establishments in the heart of the city: one of America's first Japanese restaurants, and a swinging singles bar that will go on to become one of the country's most iconic restaurant chains.
Episode 11
Let Them Eat Snack Cakes
Sun, May 8, 2022
Martha Entenmann takes the reins of her late husband's baking company and grows it into a national powerhouse; a married couple bankrupt one bakery, but succeed their second time around with a revolutionary way to sell snack cakes.
Episode 12
Pasta Party
Sun, May 15, 2022
Hector and Mario Boiardi open an Italian restaurant in Cleveland in 1924 and soon introduce Italian food to Americans; the brothers eventually find themselves in competition with James Kraft and his newest offering, macaroni and cheese.
