It’s an integral part of going to the movies. But what is popcorn? Where does it come from? Why does it pop, and how long have people been popping it? And how did it become so connected to ...

So how do you pop the corn and then catch it?” asks Andrew F. Smith, author of Popped Culture: A Social History of Popcorn in America. In the mid-1800s, Americans started using wire baskets to ...

Popcorn is the quintessential movie snack and should be light, fluffy, and crunchy. So, if your homemade popcorn comes out ...

ANDREW SMITH: It would be very unusual prior to the 1930s if anybody started selling popcorn in lobbies. MARTIN: This is Professor Andrew F. Smith, author of "Popped Culture: A Social History Of ...

More than anything, I think it's because of that intoxicating aroma. Popcorn has a long history in the United States, too. And with the invention of microwave popcorn, it's safe to say that it's ...

Steve Huisenga, president of the American Pop Corn Company, is pictured March 5, 2024, at the company's Sioux City popcorn ...

Popcorn is everywhere in American culture. We eat it at sporting events, send each other tubs of caramel corn for the holidays and string it up around the Christmas tree as an edible decoration ...