Light Bulb Baking: How did the book affect you?

[Tawdra Kandle]

 

 

Although we usually use this feature to interview authors, this book is unique. It's not our typical tour book, and we wanted to take advantage of that fact to share a little more about what makes it so special.

This first definitive retrospective of the Easy Bake® Oven celebrates its journey from children's toy to pop culture icon and inductee to The National Toy Hall of Fame. The book explores the innovation, history, economics, commerce, advertising, and marketing behind the toy’s 50 year history. This book is a must read for vintage toy collectors, nostalgia buffs, foodies, and anyone who has ever peered through the oven's watch it bake window, eagerly anticipating the moment they will be able to serve and enjoy their very own culinary concoction.

We asked some of the bloggers who have read the book to share their impressions:

•  Perfect present for the person who has everything.
  
•  A fantastic blast from the past that is guaranteed to put a smile on your face.
• An interesting history of an American toy icon
• History behind a childhood memory
• I was so fascinated with the research and trivia packed into this book!
• What a wonderful, nostalgic trip down memory lane!
• It made me nostalgic for my childhood!

Share YOUR comments below. . .what toy do you remember most fondly from your own childhood? And read this book. . .it's the perfect holiday gift, too, for any toy lovers, baking fans or children of the '60s and '70s. 

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About the Author:

Todd Coopee is a writer, award-winning business owner, toy historian, and pop-culture enthusiast. His affinity for nostalgia, vintage toys, and baking fed his passion for the Easy-Bake Oven, which led to his 2013 retrospective, Light Bulb Baking: A History of the Easy-Bake® Oven.

Todd lives in Ottawa, Ontario and has been known to bake tiny treats for his friends and family.

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