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I received an email from Ron Schrotenboer (an external tax lawyer advisor who I previously worked with at GE) telling me that he saw me the other evening on an episode of the History Channel's The Food That Built America entitled "Peanut Butter Battle." Lo and behold I watched it on the History Channel on Demand and there I am. I had no idea. What's more, as far back as I can remember, I have been severely allergic to peanut butter, so it was even more of a surprise.
So in addition to multiple episodes about potato chips, I have now also appeared on episodes about both burgers and peanut butter.
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The Saratoga County History Center
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Saratoga County man
considered top
potato chip historian
Mark Mulholland WNYT
Updated: August 1, 2022 - 6:40 PM
Published: July 29, 2022 - 4:44 PM
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I have recently been featured in two
Times Union Articles
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Article 1 - Vanderbilt helped invent the chip in Saratoga?
Likely a salty myth
Article 2 - Toga Chip Guy makes a second showing on History Channel
Article from Saratoga Today
Featuring, your's truly, The Toga Chip Guy!
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Watch The History Channel's
The Food That Built America,
"When The Chips Are Down",
season 2, episode 3,
where I am prominently featured.
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Read my feature article in
"Shorelines"
The Saratoga Lake Association News Letter.
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History Channel Podcast
After appearing in several episodes of
The History Channel's Series
"The Food That Built America",
I have now been prominently featured
in an associated podcast.
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My recent interview with Julia Dunn on CBS 6.
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Article About Me In Saratoga Today Entitled
"Who: Alan Richer, The Toga Chip Guy"
April 2nd, It starts on Page 3.
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The History Channel's
"The FoodThat Built America"
that aired on
National Potato Chip Day, March 14.
Featuring the history of Herman Lay
and then rival Fritos!
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The best potato chips, potato sticks, and other chip-like snacks to stock your snack shelf
Now, science reveals the vegetable’s surprising origins: It emerged 9 million years ago as a result of an unusual hybridization between an ancestor of the tomato and an ancient South American plant.
A Dutch snack company has created chips that taste like licking a 9-volt battery, targeting millennials with a bizarre tribute to childhood dares that perfectly captures how corporations now monetize even our most absurd memories.
Have you ever looked at a cheese board and wondered: Where are all the potato chips? Same.
To be clear: We have nothing against a good box of crackers. In fact, over the years we’ve assembled a solid group of “all-time” cheese and cracker combos. (They still hold up.)
If you’re lucky, you come back from a far-flung vacation with more than an unsightly sandal tan on your feet. In the case of the past three Octobers I’ve spent in Italy, I’ve returned to the States with both a Birkenstock-shaped tan and a new daily ritual: aperitivo hour.
One content creator is going viral after a kind gesture from her friend left her in tears.
For Kinnie Carpenter’s recent 30th birthday, her friend Lauren Thrasher surprised her with 30 gifts leading up to her big day, PEOPLE reports. But one of the final surprises was found to be quite touching, and it was only a bag of chips.
Like it or not, insects are probably the food of the future. Why? In short, they require few precious resources and produce huge amounts of protein.
Crickets, for example, contain 31 grams of protein and 8 grams of fat per 200 calories. Compare that to the 22 grams of protein and 15 grams of fat you'd get from a comparable chunk of cow.
Potatoes and onions have a fair amount in common: They're infrequently the star of a dish, but play stellar supportive roles in everything from pot roasts to casseroles. Onion bulbs and potato tubers both flourish underground, meaning that the vegetables require similar storage conditions—cool, dark, and ventilated environments—and they fare much better on a counter than in the fridge.
If you’ve ever spent an afternoon scrubbing sticky cup holders or vacuuming endless crumbs, you know how fast a car can turn into a disaster zone. But what if you could keep it clean with almost no effort?
“Betcha can’t eat just one.” The 60-year-old Lay’s slogan perfectly sums up the irresistible appeal of these golden potato chips. There’s something about the light, crispy crunch that makes these chips so good.
True or false? In college, my girlfriends and I often sang a made-up song with the chorus “I want 50 more chips in my mouth"—a reflection of our passion for potato chips. Answer: True.
The established throwing technique is to hold the lid between the thumb and middle finger, starting with your arm in a backhand throwing position, held at just above waist height.
The success of the potato industry is built on growers’ ability to introduce new potato varieties that meet market demands.
For example, when snack-size bags of potato chips were popularized, the industry responded by breeding smaller potatoes for smaller chips to fit into these bags.
Federal Judge dismisses Flamin’ Hot Cheetos creation lawsuit, leaving former janitor Richard Montanez without recognition for his claimed invention that became a multibillion-dollar brand for PepsiCo.