Häagen-Dazs

(it hardly helps that the Swedish company insists on naming its least dignified products—doormats, and so forth—after Danish towns).

A man named Simcha Whitman won a place in history by being the first to make ice cream in Tel Aviv. His kiosk became famous as a meeting place for people on their way to or from Brenner House, as the offices of the Tel Aviv Workers Council were called.85

Our notion of America is, to some extent, crafted by the Coca-Cola Company. Certainly, our notion of Christmas, or at least of Santa Claus, is crafted by the Coca-Cola Company.

About a mile away from the Orleans Ballroom, on St. Charles Avenue, stands the old headquarters of the United Fruit Company. There they traded in bananas, shaped the history of Central America, and provided the template for the modern multinational corporation. The heyday of United Fruit can be traced to Samuel Zemurray. In 1877, he was born to a J

As they approached the factory, the air increasingly smelled of sugar, and the scent made Sadie nostalgic for a candy she had never even tasted.