16th Century – The distinction of “upper crust” comes from the 1600s. When the bread was made in stone ovens, the bottoms would become dirty from ash and soot. If you were wealthy, you cut the bottom ...

(WHTM) Charles Strite hated burnt toast. Strite worked at a factory in Stillwater, Minnesota during World War I, and frequently had breakfast in the factory cafeteria. The cafeteria had electric ...

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Stillwater master mechanic Charles P. Strite reportedly invented the pop-up toaster in 1919 because he was tired of the burnt toast served in his company’s cafeteria. To circumvent the need for ...

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 ...

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 ...

Toaster ovens are prized for their functionality and ability to quickly cook small pizzas, heat up Pizza Rolls and even bake a few cookies. However, they take up significant space on the countertop ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio has announced the top five leading vendors in their recent global commercial toaster market report until 2021. This research report also lists nine other prominent ...