When our electric toaster broke, I did a post about my attempt to fix it and my search for non-electric alternatives. This led to my conversation on this week’s episode of the Root Simple Podcast with Ed Dulles, inventor of the DeltaToast, a stove-top alternative to the conventional electric toaster. We discuss Ed’s transition from the financial services industry, from someone who “writes emails” to being a “maker” of tangible objects. In the conversation we also cover how Ed took the DeltaToast from concept to market. I’ll do a review of the DeltaToast soon, but let me just say that it’s esthetically pleasing, fold-able, easy to clean and repair. It’s also made by Italian workers who make a living wage. During the podcast we also discuss:

• Brustolina, an Italian stove-top toaster
• I reference the Ted Talk by Thomas Thwaites on building a toaster from scratch

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