The Diplomat -- C. Cretors & Co.'s 32-ounce, "old-fashioned" suspended kettle popcorn machines -- produces salt and sweet popcorn to suit most tastes, the company reported. A lift-up kettle cover ...

January 26, 2010 (CHICAGO) The story of the C. Cretors company on North California isn't just the tale of a successful invention, the corn popping machine, it's also the story of five generations of a ...

There are certain foods we connect with seasons of the year. There are strawberries, rhubarb and asparagus in the spring; pumpkins and apples in the fall; and soups and stews in the winter. I think ...

Popcorn wasn’t a popular snack food until the 1890s, when Charles Cretors created a steam-powered machine to roast peanuts, coffee and popcorn to sell from a wagon on the street near his Chicago candy ...