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The Heritage Trail - The Fort Wayne Boss Roaster

Fort Wayne is home to many inventions. Among them is the boss roaster, which was a major kitchen innovation in the 1800s and used often during the holidays.  Today on the Heritage Trail on WBOI, Tom Castaldi looks back on the history of the Fort Wayne Boss Roaster.   

The Heritage Trail is produced by Tom Castaldi.  You can hear it every Monday during Morning Edition and All Things Considered on 89.1 WBOI.  

Tom Castaldi, Allen County (Indiana) Historian and retired Essex Group Vice President, hosts "On the Heritage Trail". An audio walk through Fort Wayne's history, On the Heritage Trail, follows historical markers describing the significant sites on an actual walking trail created as a lasting legacy for the Fort Wayne Bicentennial Cerebration of 1994. Tom is an Indiana University School of Business alumnus, and is the author of the Wabash & Erie Canal Notebook series.