The Anecdote International website provides one version of the story. In 1912, the son of a German immigrant had an idea: People might want to buy bread that was already sliced instead of having to ...

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 ...

The bread bill celebrates Chillicothe's role in food history. But it doesn't mention that an Iowan, Otto Frederick Rohwedder, created the bread-slicing machine used in Bench's bakery. Although the ...

The bread bill celebrates Chillicothe's role in food history. But it doesn't mention that an Iowan, Otto Frederick Rohwedder, created the bread-slicing machine used in Bench's bakery. Although the ...

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: ...

Otto Rohwedder’s bread-slicing machine is shown shortly after being installed in 1928 at Frank Bench’s Chillicothe Baking Co. in Chillicothe, Mo. The first loaves of its Kleen Maid Sliced Bread were ...

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 ...

As much as we love a good artisan boule, pre-sliced sandwich bread — the kind found in a plastic bag at any supermarket — is famously one of history's best inventions for a reason. Sliced sandwich ...