So neat and precise are the slices, and so definitely better than anyone could possibly slice by hand with a bread knife that one realizes instantly that here is a refinement that will receive a ...

It is common to see sliced bread in most homes, but have you ever wondered who invented this concept? The simple answer lies with Otto Frederick Rohwedder, an American inventor. Born on July 7, 1880, ...

Slices of white bread on a wooden board. - Kritchai7752/Shutterstock Have you ever considered how recent, relatively speaking, the invention of sliced bread was? It ...

CHILLICOTHE, Mo. – Any way you slice it, a small town in Missouri knows where its bread is buttered as the home of the wondrous innovation of sliced bread. Yes, the “greatest thing since sliced bread” ...

Sliced bread -- that is, loaves of bread sold pre-sliced to make our favorite sandwiches or freshly buttered toast extra convenient -- is a relatively recent invention. The bread-slicing machine was ...

We’ve all heard the expression “the greatest thing since sliced bread.” But how did sliced bread come to be? The Anecdote International website provides one version of the story. In 1912, the son of a ...

If Davenport ever has a slogan for sweatshirts, it should say: “Davenport, The Home Of Sliced Bread.” It was here that machine-sliced bread was invented. It ranks as one of the most resourceful ...

People have been eating bread for about 6,000 years, and we have been toasting bread since the time of the Romans, according to toaster history books. Before the invention of the electric toaster in ...

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