George Crum, whose exasperation with Cornelius Vanderbilt reputedly helped spark America’s craze for potato chips. Collection of Brookside Museum, Saratoga County Historical Society Americans ...

When he sent his fried potatoes back to the kitchen for being too thick, Chef George Crum ... important role in the potato chip's introduction to the United States, Crum can't claim full glory ...

CRISPY chips are a big part of the world’s snacks. They have a longer story than you might think. They didn’t just pop up recently. They started way back in the early 1800s in Britain, with people ...

The humble potato chip’s origins are as delightful as the snack itself. In 1853, at Moon's Lake House in Saratoga Springs, New York, Chef George Crum encountered a particularly finicky customer ...