It is common to see sliced bread in most homes, but have you ever wondered who invented this concept? The simple answer lies with Otto Frederick Rohwedder, an American inventor. Born on July 7, 1880, ...

A Missouri bakery became the first to sell pre-sliced bread using a machine invented by Iowa native Otto Frederick Rohwedder. Marketed as “the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread ...

“Ribollita” (meaning reboiled) is a Tuscan soup using left-over vegetables (particularly cabbage and beans) and chunks of stale bread. Served with EVOO drizzled over it, ribollita is best warmed up in ...

If Davenport ever has a slogan for sweatshirts, it should say: “Davenport, The Home Of Sliced Bread.” It was here that machine-sliced bread was invented. It ranks as one of the most resourceful ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - The phrase “the best thing since sliced bread” has roots in the Quad Cities, where sliced bread was actually invented. The Han-Saloy Company in Davenport became the world ...