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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 ...

A couple of years ago, I finally succumbed to the sourdough craze. I’d made plenty of no-knead loaves with commercial yeast in my life before, but something compelled me to make my life more ...

“The greatest thing since sliced bread” has been a proverbial expression for 70 years. By now it has a quaint, even faintly ironic ring--was sliced bread really greater than computers, space travel ...

Dengarden and Yahoo may earn commission from links in this article. While some home bakers are willing to sneak their homemade sourdough loaves into Whole Foods to use the grocery store's bread ...

Even though the idea of sliced bread took off like a shot, it took the inventor of the bread-slicing machine years to convince bakers to try his invention. Flickr/SliceofChic Some products are so ...

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 ...

While some home bakers are willing to sneak their homemade sourdough loaves into Whole Foods to use the grocery store's bread slicing machine, most of us aren't quite so bold. If you're looking for a ...