This hand-crank gadget mashed, strained, and canned long before blenders existed.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Civilization has come a long way from cooking every meal over an open flame. Over the last century and more, there have been a number of ...

The 1970s were the decade for wildly specific kitchen gadgets. Many of these inventions had short-lived fame before vanishing into drawers or donation bins. Today, they’re more likely to get a chuckle ...

A collection of vintage kitchen tools in a secondhand store - Jtyler/Getty Images The history of kitchenware is littered with novelty gadgets, many of which withered into obscurity, either because ...