Sliced bread is something we take for granted today. It feels like it's been around awhile, but in the grand scheme, it's still pretty new.

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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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...