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 ...

The aluminum tray with its neat compartments holding turkey, mashed potatoes, and peas might look modest today, yet it ...

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 ...

Nov. 4 -- — In honor of Swanson's TV dinner turning 50, Good Housekeeping magazine staffers tested four frozen single-serve turkey dinners and four frozen single-serve Salisbury steak dinners to see ...

Frozen TV dinners became popular in the 1950s after Swanson mass-produced the concept, which created a big convenience for American families. While frozen dinners are often seen as low quality ...

Picture this: families gathered around their kitchen tables after a long day, the aroma of home-cooked meals filling the air, ...

These were made in Omaha by C.A. Swanson and Sons -- who may or may not have had the idea first -- but the company was the first to get the dinners into thousands of America’s freezers in 1953. 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 ...

When TV dinners were invented in the 1950s, the Swanson company coined its name in order to tap into the popularity of the television, newly a status symbol in American homes. But when it comes to ...

Thanksgiving Day is traditionally a time when family members and friends gather together to celebrate and to share with each other the things for which they are especially grateful. I recall first ...