The Food That Built America Season 2 Episode 10

The TV Dinner

S2 E10 Aired Apr 11, 2021 43m

Gilbert Swanson inherits his father's frozen turkey company and partners with a food chemist to innovate a revolutionary dinner that Americans can heat up at home... they call it the TV Dinner. And when a restauranteur named Vernon Stouffer tries to bring his frozen meals to market, he's blown out of the water by the TV Dinner... until he harnesses a new technology called...the microwave.

Guest Stars

Libby O'Connell
Libby O'Connell
Self - Food Historian
Vallery Lomas
Vallery Lomas
Self - Author
Edward Moon
Edward Moon
Self - Chef Instructor

Season 2