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If cooks know that the way to a man’s heart is through his
stomach, then cookbook writers know that the way to a woman’s heart is through
her ego.
This heading is designed less to appeal to the technician
who wants to cook things merely competently, but to the prideful woman whose
pursuits in the kitchen are designed for personal glory. Aunt Jenny knows a
thing or two when it comes to the psychology of the housewife who has perhaps
lost other means of winning praise because her husband has become complacent
about offering it, or because she’s become complacent about earning it in other
ways. If the woman in question is not in the workplace, she needs to be queen
of her domain, with a suited man ready and willing to tell the world how great
her french fries are.
