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The Pressure Cooker
The history of the pressure cooker dates back to 1679, when French physicist Denis Papin invented the "steam digester". The digester was an airtight container that utilized steam pressure to speed up the cooking time of food.
In 1924 the first recipe book for pressure cookers was published, written by José Alix. By 1938 the Flex-Seal Speed Cooker.
The first commercial pressure cookers were used on a stove-top, but by 1991 electric pressure cookers had gained popularity. -
In the one-room log cabins of early New France and utensils
"1700s The earliest utensils are made from copper, brass and rough iron"(THE GAZETTE,2012).
"1700s In the one-room log cabins of early New France, the kitchen is where the family cooks, eats, sleeps and keeps warm by the fire. Even later, when bedrooms are added, everybody moves to the kitchen to sleep in winter"(THE GAZETTE,2012). -
The first wood stoves appear, putting an end to open-fire cooking.
"In the 1740s, a wood shortage in Philadelphia inspired Benjamin Franklin to improve upon the existing open hearth. His three-sided iron box, aptly named the Franklin stove, used only one-quarter as much fuel as did a fireplace and could raise the room temperature higher in a shorter amount of time" -
the first restaurant
"In about 1765, a Parisian 'bouillon seller' named Boulanger wrote on his sign: 'Boulanger sells restoratives fit for the gods'...This was the first restaurant in the modern sense of the term" (The Food Timeline, 2018). using the wood stove. -
the first refrigiratory
Thomas Moore, an American businessman, created an icebox to cool dairy products for transport. He called it a “refrigiratory” until he patented “refrigerator” in 1803. -
gas stoves
gas stoves replaced coal or wood burners as many customers found them easier to use. English inventor James Sharp received a patent in 1826 and by the start of the 20th century gas ovens were commonplace in households due mainly to their ease of operation and nominal space requirements. -
tiny kitchens
1840 to 1900 During the Victorian era, working families in the city live in crowded studio apartments with tiny kitchens, their beds nearby. Middle-class and wealthy families retreat from the kitchen to the newly fashionable dining room. The kitchen becomes a “work space,” the domain of servants. -
lays out her ideas for a kitchen equipped
1843 "Catherine Beecher, an American champion of women’s right to education, is way ahead of her time when she writes her “treatise on domestic economy” in which she lays out her ideas for a kitchen equipped with plenty of windows for light, standardized heights for countertops, shelving that is easy to reach and ample storage space for commonly used tools" -
the first dishwasher
Joel Houghton patents the first dishwasher, a wooden machine with a wheel you turn by hand to splash water on dirty dishes. -
first electric stove
The first electric stove appears at an exhibition in Chicago.
