Kitchen size and modern living in city and suburb
A reader from Chicago asks about the influence of kitchen dimensions on domestic life, comparing large and medium cabinets with compact designs in urban and suburban homes. The correspondent requests discussion or a symposium on the topic.
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Genere
P. Y
Chicago
O. K
Fidelia
Wilmot
The Berkshire Kitchen and the Farmer's Wife
A narrator recalls a Berkshire farm wife who laments backbreaking kitchen work and narrow spaces. She contrasts old homestead kitchens with modern compact designs, noting unyielding labor, old social attitudes, and the pull of poetry versus practical daily chores.
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Coors
Hely
Iarsee
Housemother Letters Spur Practical Tips and Frugality
A long reader letter exchanges counsel on cost of living and sensible menus. Household tips from California and Buffalo urge thrift, simple recipes, and durable methods while balancing practical limits for city dwellers and families.
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Inte & Metropolitan
Mrs. L. I
Los Angeles
Cal
California
Family Meals for a Week Breakfast and Dinner Menu
A historic weekly menu lists daily meals including breakfast with strawberries cereal and cream, lunch of cold beef with potatoes and salad, and dinners featuring vegetable soup veal roast and desserts. It repeats similar courses with variations like ham, tomatoes, cheese crackers, and assorted desserts across days.
Luncheon and Dinner Menu Items Listed
The passage lists a luncheon menu with dried beef, baked potatoes, crumpets, rhubarb, gingerbread, tea and dinner items including asparagus soup creamed onions fried carrots and macaroons. It also mentions breakfast items earlier with oranges cereal cream bacon baked eggs crumpets toast and tea or coffee.
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Graham Gemma
Breakfast and leftovers feature menu items and soups
A dated menu lists fruit cereal and cream, omelet, toast and coffee with several leftovers threaded through. It includes asparagus soup, roast with gravy, rice and peas, and desserts like strawberry meringue pie with black coffee.
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