The story of Pyrex glass began like most inventions do: with a problem. Bessie Littleton's earthenware casserole dish had cracked. It was 1914 and Littleton's husband, Jesse, was working as a ...

In 1915, an advertisement proclaiming, "Bake in a glass!" appeared in the pages of Good Housekeeping. Corning Glass Works in New York had created a product that allowed food to be mixed, baked and ...

CORNING – Pyrex cookware has been around for 100 years, ever since creator Corning Glass Works determined the heat-resistant glass used for rugged railroad lanterns also made a lovely sponge cake. The ...

Before heading out the door after a day of research at Corning Glass Works in 1913, physicist Jesse T. Littleton grabbed the sawed-off bottom of a round borosilicate glass battery jar. He did so at ...

CORNING – Successful products and advertising campaigns tend to stamp a company for life in the mind of the consumer. So it is with Corning Inc., whose kitchenware products began invading American ...

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World Kitchen/Pyrex have submitted a response to this story. You may read their full and unedited response here. It has been nearly three years since ConsumerAffairs.com first reported that consumers ...

Pyrex, like all brands of glass bakeware, is subject to breakage due to thermal shock; Pyrex glass bakeware was originally made from borosilicate glass and is now made from tempered soda lime glass.