Five Great Japanese White Bread Torture Devices

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • November 15, 2011
Who says white bread has to be synonymous with boring? The following are five Japanese inventions that crimp, pleat and grate slices of white into crustless, undeniably cute shapes worthy of Hello Kitty. What more interesting than the fact that...
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