First recorded in 1875–80
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Adding a slice of a fiber-rich whole wheat bread won’t kill you.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 21, 2026
Each starter began with one of three substrates: all-purpose flour, bread flour or whole wheat flour.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 21, 2026
She began to cut out ultra-processed foods, instead opting for fresh fruit and vegetables, whole wheat pastas and oats.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026
“There was a sandwich that was named Richard Kind, it was tuna fish on toasted whole wheat with a thick slab of onion.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2025
“No glasses of orange juice or whole wheat toast.”
From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
Ms. Jensen’s whole-wheat dough has added honey and olive oil for softness and to offset the flour’s slight bitterness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Every day, his mother — who cleaned houses and taught piano and guitar — packed him a peanut-butter sandwich on whole-wheat bread for lunch, “which sucks when you’re a kid.”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 21, 2025
In front of Reilly is an — admittedly — sad-looking spinach omelet, a singular slice of whole-wheat toast on the side.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2023
Hot buttered whole-wheat toast folded in half with the buttered sides pressed together is what does it for Elizabeth Neeld of Chattanooga, Tenn.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2023
“Milk. And I threw a whole-wheat spinach-feta wrap in there.”
From "Goodbye Stranger" by Rebecca Stead
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