PAWTUCKET, R.I. – This is not the Easy-Bake Oven you remember. The latest version of the famous toy oven first marketed in 1963 with a carrying handle and a fake stove top is now all curves and purple ...

The story of the Easy-Bake Oven begins with pretzels. In the early 1960s, Norman Shapiro was walking through New York City when he spotted vendors keeping pretzels warm with small ovens. Shapiro was ...

Not everyone is thrilled with the upcoming removal of 100-watt incandescent light bulbs from the marketplace starting in 2011. Among those not emotionally or psychologically prepared for that reality: ...

This is not the Easy-Bake Oven you remember. The latest version of the famous toy oven first marketed in 1963 with a carrying handle and a fake stove top is now all curves and purple with snazzy ...

PAWTUCKET, R.I.—This is not the Easy-Bake Oven you remember. The latest version of the famous toy oven first marketed in 1963 with a carrying handle and a fake stove top is now all curves and purple ...

Washington's push to phase out incandescent light bulbs for more lower-wattage, energy-saving bulbs had an unintended casualty: the Easy-Bake oven as we all know it. Since launching in 1963, Hasbros ...

The famous kids' oven is nearing its 50th anniversary. The new model looks like a curvy, purple toaster oven. The more shocking change is that the incandescent light bulb used to bake the little ...

During its life, Kenner Products was a unique workplace and ideal incubator of new toy ideas. Two aspects of its corporate culture in particular contributed to this. First, the company’s leaders were ...

PAWTUCKET, R.I. – This is not the Easy-Bake Oven you remember. The latest version of the famous toy oven first marketed in 1963 with a carrying handle and a fake stove top is now all curves and purple ...