A red-hot controversy is heating up over Richard Montañez's rags-to-riches tale of his purported creation, Flamin' Hot Cheetos. Montañez – who has become known as the "Godfather of Hispanic marketing" ...

For 55 years, workers in and around Rancho Cucamonga, California, have reported to work at a local Frito-Lay factory — birthplace of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos and potato chips. But now as KTLA reports, ...

Jaya Saxena is a former correspondent at Eater, and the series editor of Best American Food and Travel Writing. She explores wide ranging topics like labor, identity, and food culture. Since 2007, ...

Texas-based Frito-Lay has stopped production at the manufacturing plant that is said to be the birth place of the mega-popular (especially in San Antonio) Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. The California plant has ...