Hoping to get kids to eat the foods they didn’t like, inventor George Lerner developed a set of face parts that could be used to personify spuds and vegetables. The face parts were initially included as bonus toys in boxes of cereal. In 1952, the concept was purchased by the Hassenfield...
Inventor Robert Wang invented the Instant Pot in 2009. It offered home cooks a combination of a pressure cooker and slow cooker in a single device and became one of the hottest cooking trends of the decade. 2010: Food makers fish for likes on Instagram Lucy Lambriex // Getty Images 2010:...