Mechanical pencil history notes that in 1913 Charles R. Keeran invented the Eversharp Pencil, the first mass-produced mechanical pencil to combine a simple propelling mechanism with large lead capacity and robust, ergonomically sound design.
The method of eating hummus usually involves dipping pita bread, flatbread, crackers or tortilla chips into the hummus mix. Additionally, it can be found accompanying fish, eggplant, chicken, falafel and meze.
This month, How to Eat is dipping into hummus. But would you ever put it on a sandwich? Do you eat it with carrots or crackers, fried courgettes or lamb? And does its popularity really hinge on the fact that you can eat it while unloading the dishwasher?