A Harte Appetite: Cuisinart inventor died unknown but left a huge mark in the cooking world

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Carl G. Sontheimer died recently at the age of 83. Though he invented a device used in a NASA moon mission, not much press attention was given to his passing and you may not have ever heard of him. But if you have even a modest interest in cooking, you doubtless have heard of his most famous invention, because it revolutionized food preparation. Carl Sontheimer invented the Cuisinart.

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