Article: Men Are Marvels With Bread Machines

Seven years ago, Tom Lacalamita's boss at Welbilt Appliance Inc. in New York told him to try out a gadget the company was thinking of selling. The gadget was a bread machine - something Lacalamita, who had made bread at home for years, thought was a pretty stupid idea.

"I didn't see the purpose or the reason for it, and I resented using a machine to make bread," the marketing manager recalls. But he took it home for the weekend and made a loaf. "It wasn't that bad, but I was still skeptical." So he made another loaf. And another.

When he came to work on Monday, he told his boss he didn't want to give the machine back.

Bread machines seem to have that effect on men. They love them and ...

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