<p>If you liked this episode, subscribe to HISTORY This Week wherever you listen to podcasts!</p><br><p>May 15, 1940. It’s opening day. San Bernardino, CA is a city on the rise, and to meet this new demand for cheap, good food, two brothers have created a restaurant: McDonald’s Famous Barbecue.</p><br><p>You can order a PB&amp;J sandwich, barbecued pork, baked beans, and yes, a hamburger. It’s a work in progress, but Dick and Mac McDonald never stop innovating.</p><br><p>How did the McDonald brothers engineer a system that would be replicated in thousands of locations across the globe? And why don't they get the credit they deserve?</p><br><p>Special thanks to Adam Chandler, journalist and author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drive-Thru-Dreams-Journey-Americas-Fast-Food/dp/1250090725" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Drive-Thru Dreams: A Journey Through the Heart of America's Fast-Food Kingdom</em></a>; and Marcia Chatelain,  professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Franchise-Golden-Arches-Black-America/dp/1631493949" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America</em></a>.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Here are two other great books we used in putting this episode together: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ray-Joan-McDonalds-Fortune-Woman/dp/1101984953" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Ray &amp; Joan: The Man Who Made the McDonald’s Fortune and the Woman Who Gave It All Away</em></a> by Lisa Napoli; and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/McDonalds-Behind-John-F-Love/dp/0553347594" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>McDonald’s: Behind the Arches</em></a> by John F. Love.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

The Food That Built America

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McDonald's Before McDonald's (from HISTORY This Week)

MAY 12, 202529 MIN
The Food That Built America

McDonald's Before McDonald's (from HISTORY This Week)

MAY 12, 202529 MIN

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<p>If you liked this episode, subscribe to HISTORY This Week wherever you listen to podcasts!</p><br><p>May 15, 1940. It’s opening day. San Bernardino, CA is a city on the rise, and to meet this new demand for cheap, good food, two brothers have created a restaurant: McDonald’s Famous Barbecue.</p><br><p>You can order a PB&amp;J sandwich, barbecued pork, baked beans, and yes, a hamburger. It’s a work in progress, but Dick and Mac McDonald never stop innovating.</p><br><p>How did the McDonald brothers engineer a system that would be replicated in thousands of locations across the globe? And why don't they get the credit they deserve?</p><br><p>Special thanks to Adam Chandler, journalist and author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drive-Thru-Dreams-Journey-Americas-Fast-Food/dp/1250090725" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Drive-Thru Dreams: A Journey Through the Heart of America's Fast-Food Kingdom</em></a>; and Marcia Chatelain,  professor of Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Franchise-Golden-Arches-Black-America/dp/1631493949" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America</em></a>.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Here are two other great books we used in putting this episode together: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Ray-Joan-McDonalds-Fortune-Woman/dp/1101984953" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Ray &amp; Joan: The Man Who Made the McDonald’s Fortune and the Woman Who Gave It All Away</em></a> by Lisa Napoli; and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/McDonalds-Behind-John-F-Love/dp/0553347594" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>McDonald’s: Behind the Arches</em></a> by John F. Love.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>