Caption: Tune in, chow down Swanson's original
TV Dinner box was designed to resemble televisions of the period.
Swanson's TV dinner: from chewy chicken dinners to hungry-man entrees, the evolution of supper in a box
In a new twist on the
TV dinner, buyers from the QVC television shopping network stopped by the booth to investigate the possibility of selling the line on the air.
Cool ideas in frozens: better ingredients, ethnic offerings, and "homemade" center plate entrees are upping the ratings of the 50-year-old TV dinner category
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the
TV dinner. As with most milestones, the golden jubilee of the frozen dinner sparks a pondering of the past, present and future of compartmentalized cuisine.
THE TV DINNER AT 50: REPAST IS PROLOGUE
A new-age
TV dinner, the "steak" is accompanied by organic green beans, mashed potatoes and apple crisp - definitely worth a trip to the health food store to have on hand in a pinch.
Not dogs anyone? Meatless market goes mainstream
8DA YESTERDAY'S SOLUTIONS WEE THINKER ACROSS: 7 Proverb 9 Raids 10 Colin 11 Eyesore 12 Row 13 Nazareth 16 Brickbat 17 Dad 19 Memento 21 Donor 22 Gloom 23 Kittens DOWN: 1 Spectre 2 Follower 3 Neon 4 True Grit 5 Vino 6 Isles 8 Breeze block 13 Nickname 14
TV dinner 15 Address 18 Image 20 Mood 21 Date QUICKIE ACROSS: 1 Crash helmet 8 Too 9 Lit 11 Walk out 12 Aisle 13 Axe 14 Elm 15 Caterer 17 Gel 19 Edit 21 Open 23 Have 25 Cube 27 Web 29 Nosebag 31 Era 34 Spa 36 Sense 37 Redhead 38 Set 39 Are 40 Disentangle DOWN: 1 Coax 2 Role 3 Storage 4 Hatred 5 Lease 6 Else 7 Till 8 Twang 10 Tempt 16 Rev 18 Lob 20 Dew 22 Pen 24 Aladdin 25 Chess 26 Ferret 28 Blade 30 Obese 32 Reed 33 Anti 34 Seal 35 Pare
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Beginning his examination at the stock market crash and profiling the genre for the twenty-five years up to the introduction of the
TV dinner, Heuser argues that the American radio play enjoyed a greater, unprecedented level of exposure than any other popular media in its time, and as such deserves a deeper contextual understanding in terms of both its content and its impact in American culture.
Immaterial Culture: Literature, Drama and the American Radio Play, 1929-1954
Research by npower also found 45% of people in Wales have the telly on to keep them company, more than one in 10 enjoys a
TV dinner every night and 20% leave the TV on even when they are not watching it.
TV times for our families; NEWSBRIEF
Transform your
TV dinner into an in-flight extravaganza with the Pompeii set of five lacquered trays in anthracite, dijon, tomato red, mink and stone, pounds 35 from Habitat.
Instant clean up for coffee maker; Tricks of the trade
So check salt (sodium) levels before you pop a
TV dinner in your shopping basket.
Viva!: Alternatively speaking
The work's title,
TV Dinner, 2004, appears to be an example of Cannavacciuolo's ironic wit, which for me was lost in translation.
Maurizio Cannavacciuolo: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Spokeswoman Deborah Copeland said: "Our latest success in catching evaders confirms that the family meal has been replaced by the
TV dinner.
Up your Street
The ocean is divided into four unequal basins separated by three roughly parallel mountain ranges on the seafloor--an arrangement that looks somewhat like an empty
TV dinner tray.
Sea Change in the Arctic
We get what we deserve, the
TV dinner society, only getting worked up when
TV dinner chefs say anything of interest.
MINDMATTERS
We held our first telly liveblog last week for the X Factor showdown as Sam discussed the relative merits of Alexandra, JLS, Eoghan - and the contents of her
TV dinner.
IT'S STRICTLY YOUR SHOUT
A GENERATION of "
TV dinner toddlers" risk growing up lacking vital social skills, according to new research.
Fears over 'TV dinner toddlers'