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In honor of yesterday being National Potato Chip Day, I was on the nationally broadcast What's Cookin' Today Show with Michael Horn. Here is a link to my appearance. I am the first guest!
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Here is video of Deana Martin dedicating a song to our daughter Alexandra for her 28th birthday
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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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Browse up and down the product-packed aisles, and you’re bound to walk away with an unplanned treat or two. It’s also likely that you’ve seen some of its most popular snacks on social media, where shoppers often rave about their favorite items. But several of the store’s famous snacks are so widely acclaimed that I’ve wondered: Do they live up to the hype?
This popular expression cautions us to keep a healthy dose of skepticism, but how did a humble grain of salt earn this role? The mysterious origins might lie in ancient Rome.
ZANESVILLE, Ohio (WOSU) — On a cold winter day, Train Robinson’s breath clouded in the dim light in the Zanesville Police Athletic League gym as he dealt out a bit of “tough love” during drills.
“Now we’re gonna double back. Double back,” Robinson instructed one of his boxers. “Garfield, I’m about to put a glove on and punch you in your forehead, boy. Get back up there where you’re supposed to be.”
The chips are part of a bigger strategy rooted in nostalgia. “Rewind is a brand inspired by nostalgia,” said Antti Lauronen, head of creative and design at parent company Paulig. “We thought, what better way to launch than with one of the most nostalgic shared experiences?” And while the idea sounds unhinged, there’s something clever about taking a weird, universal memory—stupid, dangerous, and oddly sweet—and giving it a crunchy, snackable form.
I love discovering clever ways to make regular tasks easier, but the best hacks are the ones you know you’re going to put to use in your everyday life. This is how I felt when I saw content creator Breanna Turner’s brilliant chip bag hack.
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A longtime ally, adviser and fundraiser for New York Mayor Eric Adams was suspended from his re-election effort after she tried to hand a local journalist a cash-stuffed potato chip bag.
I’m not a great hostess. Despite knowing a lot about food, I find party planning to be overwhelming. Because of this, when I do find myself hosting a gathering, I tend to lean on the same tried-and-true snacks and appetizers
Cats never fail to surprise us with their weird, wonderful choices in nap spots. Forget fancy cat beds or soft blankets, one tiny Black Kitten decided the ultimate cozy zone was inside a potato chip bag, right on top of the crunchy chips. The video shows the baby cat curled up inside the crinkly bag like it’s a five-star hotel suite, snoozing without a care in the world.
The Herr’s affair was clumsy, comic and viral. But beneath the memes sits a sharper truth – reputation can be undone by the smallest, silliest gesture
Chip Trivia:
What snack food did Vice President Richard Nixon take to the U.S.S.R.'s Nikita Khrushchev in 1959?
Ruffles Potato Chips
Doritos Tortilla Chips
Fritos Corn Chips
Cheetos
Fritos Corn Chips. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon met in the "kitchen debate" at an international trade fair in 1959.
Americans fill bowls with salsa and pass around tortilla chips as National Tortilla Chip Day arrives on Feb. 24. The observance extends the familiar snack beyond the table and drives activity in restaurant dining rooms and grocery aisles across the country.
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.
When I was growing up, my dad could easily eat a bag of potato chips a night. As he got older, he had to switch to lower-sodium varieties, but that bag of chips was never left behind.
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.