Toast is an unlikely agent of death. But there you are in your kitchen on a Saturday morning, inexplicably choking on a mouthful, trying not to panic. The day begins like any other for Samantha Anderson, a goldsmith and mother of three from Brisbane, Australia. She has made her usual breakfast of tea and toast with peanut butter and lets her mind wander as she takes her first bite. And then, nothing. Wait, why didn’t I swallow? She tries again, pressing her lips together and pushing the food back further in her mouth where her throat can take over. But it doesn’t, and now she’s choking. Don’t panic, she tells herself. She manages to slowly suck a bit of air past the blockage until she can...
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