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Pizza Physics: Why Brick Ovens Bake The Perfect Italian-Style Pie

July 23, 2018 • Brick transfers heat to dough more slowly than steel, allowing both crust and toppings to simultaneously reach perfection. In a home oven, that balance is elusive — but you might be able to get close.

3, 2, 1 ... Beeeep! Your Microwave's 50th Anniversary Is Ready

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3, 2, 1 ... Beeeep! Your Microwave's 50th Anniversary Is Ready

September 4, 2017 • No self-respecting cook would admit to using the food-nuker for anything more than heating up last night's pasta, but it's hard to deny the influence this little machine has had on American life.

3, 2, 1 ... Beeeep! Your Microwave's 50th Anniversary Is Ready

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Tiny Ovens For Tots: A Kitchen Evolution

Released in 1963 and marketed with cosmetic updates ever since, the Easy-Bake Oven has introduced generations of American kids to the kitchen. But it wasn't the first toy to do so... Hasbro hide caption

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Tiny Ovens For Tots: A Kitchen Evolution

June 7, 2012 • The Easy-Bake oven might be the most widely recognized cooking toy ever made. But it's just one chapter in the century-old history of working toy ovens. We've cooked up a few examples of the Easy-Bake's predecessors, and a few choice morsels from the iconic toy's own evolution.