Slices of History

  • Then and Now

    by Sandford Schirmer
    Note: this post was written by Jennifer Millsap of Mulino, Oregon. She contacted me through Etsy to tell me how delighted she was to find our new v...
    Posted in bread, bread slicer, sandwiches

  • The Fascinating History of Joy of Cooking

    by Sandford Schirmer

    https://www.thenicerslicer.com/blogs/slices-of-history/joy-of-cooking

    This post is a riff on "Joy of Cooking," that classic book on American cuisine mentioned in our post Elevate Your Home Cooking. Many cooks know it has been in print for a long time, first published in 1936. But few cooks know that Irma S. Rombauer was a prominent socialite and hostess in St. Louis, Missouri.