Toasters

by Elaine Marie Alphin

Book Overview

Presents the history and development of this household appliance, describes how it works, and discusses its role in popular culture; includes recipes using a toaster. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1575052431
• ISBN13: 9781575052434
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.7" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 3

Customer Reviews

Fascinating history of an ordinary object!

Bread has always been so important a commodity, that in ancient times, people actually used it as money! But, the biggest problem with bread was mold that could quickly make it unsafe to eat. The best way to preserve bread was to dry or toast it, which also enhanced the flavor by caramelizing the sugars and starches. Toasters traces the history of that process from ancient Egypt to computer-age toasting. The book is wonderfully illustrated and presents history in a novel and lively fashion. As an added bonus, there is some surprising information about toast-inspired art, cartoons and recipes with a glossary for review. What a fascinating little book for young readers! Adults will enjoy reading it as well.