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The Food That Built America Season 2 Episode 10

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.

Episode Title: The TV Dinner

Air Date: 2021-04-11