Potato chips
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Potato chips or crisps are thin slices of potato that have been deep-fried, baked, or air-fried until crunchy. They are commonly served as a snack, appetizer or side dish. Basic potato chips are cooke
A pile of kettle-cooked potato chips from Utz Brands
Homemade potato slices are deep-fried in hot oil for several minutes.
An advertisement for Smith's Potato Crisps
Since 2010, air frying has become a popular alternative to deep frying, including in the preparation of homemade potato chips.
William Kitchiner
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William Kitchiner was an English optician, amateur musician and cook. A celebrity chef, he was a household name during the 19th century, and his 1817 cookbook, The Cook's Oracle, was a bestseller in t
Potato chips
…of the total savory snacks market in that year (which was $46.1 billion overall). The earliest known recipe for potato chips is in the English cook William Kitchiner's book The Cook's Oracle published in 1817 in London, which was a bestseller in the United Kingdom and the United States. The 1822 edition's recipe for…
Portrait of Kitchiner
Caricature of Richard Martin, William Kitchiner, Samuel Phillips Eady: Martin's Bill in Operation (published 1824).