http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2010/02/unconventional-ovens/ A Heaping Helping of Food News, Science and Culture Sat, 18 May 2013 18:34:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2010/02/unconventional-ovens/comment-page-1/#comment-4185 Lightbulb Ban Means Reinventing the Easy Bake Oven | Food & Think Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:19:14 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=4802#comment-4185 [...] appliances, which meant lots of exposed heating elements that could potentially burn little hands. The Easy-Bake Oven designers, on the other hand, took a cue from street vendors’ pretzel ovens to create a modified oven [...] [...] appliances, which meant lots of exposed heating elements that could potentially burn little hands. The Easy-Bake Oven designers, on the other hand, took a cue from street vendors’ pretzel ovens to create a modified oven [...]

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/2010/02/unconventional-ovens/comment-page-1/#comment-1771 Tinky Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:32:13 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/?p=4802#comment-1771 I haven't tried any of them--and I share your skepticism about the car technique, although I applaud anyone who can get a book out of a gimmick like that. I do have a friend who has a solar oven and absolutely adores it. She can bake bread in the summer--something I absolutely refuse to do because of the way it heats up the house. I haven’t tried any of them–and I share your skepticism about the car technique, although I applaud anyone who can get a book out of a gimmick like that. I do have a friend who has a solar oven and absolutely adores it. She can bake bread in the summer–something I absolutely refuse to do because of the way it heats up the house.

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