What Every Housewife Should Know About Electric Cooking (1945)

The book serves as both an instructional guide and a cookbook educating housewives on the unique features of electric appliances and how to get the best results from them. It provides detailed explanations on controlling heat timing and using specific cooking settings. The guide demystifies electric cooking encouraging women to embrace this modern technology with confidence. It includes recipes for baking roasting and stovetop cooking specifically optimized for electric ranges. In addition to cooking techniques the book offers advice on kitchen organization energy efficiency and meal planning aiming to make the kitchen a streamlined space. What Every Housewife Should Know About Electric Cooking captures a significant shift in post-war American domestic life symbolizing the shift toward more automated and modernized kitchens. It reflects the era’s optimism and the promise of technology to simplify everyday life appealing to the ideal of the efficient capable housewife.