The Accidental Invention of Potato Chips: How a Chef’s Frustration Led to the World’s Favorite Snack
Potato chips, one of the most popular snacks in the world, have a rather humorous origin story. This beloved treat wasn’t created in a laboratory or developed by a snack food company, but rather invented by accident, as a result of one chef’s frustration with a picky customer. In 1853, George Crum, a chef at a restaurant in Saratoga Springs, New York, forever changed the snacking world. Here’s how his spontaneous culinary experiment went on to become the crunchy delight we can’t get enough of today. (more…)