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 ...

Many of us have labeled something "the best thing since sliced bread." If you ever wondered how long ago sliced bread came into being, the answer is perhaps not as long ago as you thought: ...

The patent for the automated slicer explained how it worked, according to the Smithsonian: "The machine moved the bread into the slicer and then a series of 'endless cutting bands' sliced the loaf ...

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The simple answer lies with Otto Frederick Rohwedder, an American inventor. Born on July 7, 1880, in Iowa, Rohwedder was a man of many talents. He started out training as a jeweller but he also had ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Slices of white bread on a wooden board. - Kritchai7752/Shutterstock Have you ever considered ...

Even as we approach the Official Season of the Turkey Sandwich, I doubt many of us will really need the precision of a bread slicer. Granted, it does have its uses. My bread machine has a propensity ...

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” ...

We’ve all heard the phrase, “the greatest thing since sliced bread,” but where did it begin? It was an inventor named Otto Rohwedder who knew he could improve on the whole loaf of bread. “He’d spent a ...

It appeared on the front page of the Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune on July 6, 1928, the day before the first machine-sliced bread would be sold to customers. "The Chillicothe Baking Company," it ...