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[[File:Philly041907-002-PatsKingofSteaks.jpg|thumb|[[Pat's King of Steaks]] in [[South Philadelphia]] is widely credited with inventing the [[cheesesteak]] in 1933<ref name="Harry's Obit">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/22/us/22olivieri.html?_r=1&oref=slogin |title=''New York Times'', "Harry Olivieri, 90, Co-Inventor of Cheese Steak in Philadelphia, Dies" July 22, 2006 retrieved July 25, 2006 | work=The New York Times | date=July 22, 2006 | access-date=May 21, 2010}}</ref>]] | [[File:Philly041907-002-PatsKingofSteaks.jpg|thumb|[[Pat's King of Steaks]] in [[South Philadelphia]] is widely credited with inventing the [[cheesesteak]] in 1933<ref name="Harry's Obit">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/22/us/22olivieri.html?_r=1&oref=slogin |title=''New York Times'', "Harry Olivieri, 90, Co-Inventor of Cheese Steak in Philadelphia, Dies" July 22, 2006 retrieved July 25, 2006 | work=The New York Times | date=July 22, 2006 | access-date=May 21, 2010}}</ref>]] | ||
[[File:Hershey Pennsylvania 1976.jpg|thumb|[[The Hershey Company]] in [[Hershey, Pennsylvania|Hershey]]]] | [[File:Hershey Pennsylvania 1976.jpg|thumb|[[The Hershey Company]] in [[Hershey, Pennsylvania|Hershey]]]] | ||
In 2008, author Sharon Hernes Silverman wrote in the ''[[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]]'' that Pennsylvania was the [[snack food]] capital of the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_546927.html |title=Pa. knack for snacks a Farm Show feature—Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |publisher=Pittsburghlive.com |date=January 11, 2008 |access-date=July 31, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108051209/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_546927.html |archive-date=November 8, 2009 }}</ref> It leads all other states in the manufacture of [[pretzel]]s and [[potato chip]]s. In 1861, as the | In 2008, author Sharon Hernes Silverman wrote in the ''[[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]]'' that Pennsylvania was the [[snack food]] capital of the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_546927.html |title=Pa. knack for snacks a Farm Show feature—Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |publisher=Pittsburghlive.com |date=January 11, 2008 |access-date=July 31, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108051209/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_546927.html |archive-date=November 8, 2009 }}</ref> It leads all other states in the manufacture of [[pretzel]]s and [[potato chip]]s. In 1861, as the Civil War was beginning, [[Sturgis Pretzel House]] in [[Lititz, Pennsylvania|Lititz]] was first to introduce the pretzel to American consumers. Two other Pennsylvania-based companies, Immergut Hand-Rolled Soft Pretzels in [[Intercourse, Pennsylvania|Intercourse]] and [[Snyder's of Hanover]] in [[Hanover, Pennsylvania|Hanover]], are leading national pretzel manufacturers. Two of the nation's three leading potato chip companies are based in Pennsylvania: [[Utz Brands]], which started making chips in Hanover in 1921, and [[Wise Foods]], which started making chips in [[Berwick, Pennsylvania|Berwick]] the same year; the third, [[Frito-Lay]] is owned by [[Plano, Texas]]-based [[PepsiCo]]. Additional Pennsylvania-based companies, including [[Herr's Snacks]] in [[Nottingham, Pennsylvania|Nottingham]], [[Martin's Potato Chips]] in [[Thomasville, Pennsylvania|Thomasville]], are popular chip manufacturers. | ||
[[The Hershey Company]] in [[Hershey, Pennsylvania|Hershey]] is a nearly $9 billion a year company and one of the world's leading manufacturers of [[chocolate]]; the company was founded in Hershey by [[Milton S. Hershey]] in 1894.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hsQfAAAAIBAJ&pg=1978,4428241 |title=Chocolate Bunnies |website=The Southeast Missourian |agency=Associated Press |date=April 1, 1996 |access-date=October 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420083939/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hsQfAAAAIBAJ&pg=1978,4428241 |archive-date=April 20, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Gertrude Hawk Chocolates]] is headquartered in [[Dunmore, Pennsylvania|Dunmore]]. Other notable companies include [[Just Born]] in [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania|Bethlehem]], makers of [[Hot Tamales]], [[Mike and Ike]]s, the Easter favorite marshmallow [[Peeps]], and [[Boyer Brothers]] of [[Altoona, Pennsylvania|Altoona]], which manufacturers Mallo Cups. The pretzel company [[Auntie Anne's]] began as a market-stand in [[Downingtown, Pennsylvania|Downingtown]], and now has corporate headquarters in [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania|Lancaster]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Company History: Auntie Anne's Pretzels | publisher = Auntie Anne's | access-date = February 6, 2009 | url = http://www.auntieannes.com/company_history.aspx | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090123132324/http://auntieannes.com/company_history.aspx | archive-date = January 23, 2009 | url-status=dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref> Traditional Pennsylvania Dutch foods include chicken pot pie, ham pot pie, schnitz un knepp (dried apples, ham, and dumplings), [[Fasnacht (doughnut)|fasnachts]] (raised doughnuts), scrapple, pretzels, bologna, chow-chow, and [[Shoofly pie]]. [[Martin's Famous Pastry Shoppe]], headquartered in [[Chambersburg, Pennsylvania]], specializes in potato bread, another [[Cuisine of the Pennsylvania Dutch|traditional Pennsylvania Dutch food]]. [[D.G. Yuengling & Son]], America's oldest brewery, has been brewing beer in [[Pottsville, Pennsylvania|Pottsville]] since 1829. | [[The Hershey Company]] in [[Hershey, Pennsylvania|Hershey]] is a nearly $9 billion a year company and one of the world's leading manufacturers of [[chocolate]]; the company was founded in Hershey by [[Milton S. Hershey]] in 1894.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hsQfAAAAIBAJ&pg=1978,4428241 |title=Chocolate Bunnies |website=The Southeast Missourian |agency=Associated Press |date=April 1, 1996 |access-date=October 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420083939/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hsQfAAAAIBAJ&pg=1978,4428241 |archive-date=April 20, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Gertrude Hawk Chocolates]] is headquartered in [[Dunmore, Pennsylvania|Dunmore]]. Other notable companies include [[Just Born]] in [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania|Bethlehem]], makers of [[Hot Tamales]], [[Mike and Ike]]s, the Easter favorite marshmallow [[Peeps]], and [[Boyer Brothers]] of [[Altoona, Pennsylvania|Altoona]], which manufacturers Mallo Cups. The pretzel company [[Auntie Anne's]] began as a market-stand in [[Downingtown, Pennsylvania|Downingtown]], and now has corporate headquarters in [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania|Lancaster]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Company History: Auntie Anne's Pretzels | publisher = Auntie Anne's | access-date = February 6, 2009 | url = http://www.auntieannes.com/company_history.aspx | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090123132324/http://auntieannes.com/company_history.aspx | archive-date = January 23, 2009 | url-status=dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref> Traditional Pennsylvania Dutch foods include chicken pot pie, ham pot pie, schnitz un knepp (dried apples, ham, and dumplings), [[Fasnacht (doughnut)|fasnachts]] (raised doughnuts), scrapple, pretzels, bologna, chow-chow, and [[Shoofly pie]]. [[Martin's Famous Pastry Shoppe]], headquartered in [[Chambersburg, Pennsylvania]], specializes in potato bread, another [[Cuisine of the Pennsylvania Dutch|traditional Pennsylvania Dutch food]]. [[D.G. Yuengling & Son]], America's oldest brewery, has been brewing beer in [[Pottsville, Pennsylvania|Pottsville]] since 1829. | ||