Picture this: Boston, 1947. A restaurant kitchen, bustling with the energy of post-war optimism, makes way for a new arrival. It’s not a chef, but a machine—a beige metal behemoth standing nearly six feet tall …

Now Small Appliances
Now Small Appliances
Picture this: Boston, 1947. A restaurant kitchen, bustling with the energy of post-war optimism, makes way for a new arrival. It’s not a chef, but a machine—a beige metal behemoth standing nearly six feet tall …
It began, as many great leaps forward do, with an accidental discovery and a melted candy bar. In 1945, engineer Percy Spencer was working on radar technology when he noticed the chocolate in his pocket …