The aluminum tray with its neat compartments holding turkey, mashed potatoes, and peas might look modest today, yet it represents one of America's most significant culinary revolutions. In the first ...

Swanson's original TV dinner has become an iconic image of Americana. Gravy-covered slices of turkey sat on a bed of cornbread dressing (or is it stuffing?) in a partitioned aluminum tray, sides of ...

TV dinners are such a staple of supermarket cuisine that it's hard to imagine a time when people weren't zapping prepackaged ice-cold meals. The concept was downright revolutionary when it was ...

Since frozen meals first became popular in the 1950s, they have evolved quite a bit. Looking back on the first TV dinners, some of them barely look edible, while today, there are some frozen dishes ...

Frozen foods increasingly serve as a vehicle for global flavors, driven by consumer demand for international cuisine while balancing affordability, nutrition and convenience. This evolution from the ...

Most people over a certain age have memories of eating frozen TV dinners. For some, it's laughing at Lucy and Ricky while chewing on a hunk of gravy-slathered turkey. For others, it's trying ...

Humans have been freezing foods for ages, but Clarence Birdseye changed the game when he introduced the quick freezing method in 1924. This method, and the ensuing Birdseye company, helped push frozen ...