Eat Me Daily » Barbara Kafka http://www.eatmedaily.com Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:31:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Natural History of the Kitchen: The Microwave http://www.eatmedaily.com/2010/04/natural-history-of-the-kitchen-the-microwave/ http://www.eatmedaily.com/2010/04/natural-history-of-the-kitchen-the-microwave/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:59:27 +0000 http://www.eatmedaily.com/?p=40719 first microwave oven

An early commercial microwave oven. Photograph: Keith Lamb

Welcome to a new column from EMD's Stephanie Butler: The Natural History of the Kitchen. Each week, Stephanie will explore the background of an appliance or gadget that helps make cooking what it is today. First up: The Microwave

It's the journeyman of the kitchen, the appliance loved by soccer moms and stoners alike. It warms your coffee, cooks your Spaghettio's, and explodes your Peeps. Yes, kids, it's the humble microwave, and it's the focus of this, the inaugural Natural History Of The Kitchen feature.

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