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HISTORY This Week

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Home Economics and Fanny Farmer

Fanny farmer epitomized a split in the early home economics movement. She didn't fit with the austere, nutritian first bibe that the domestic scientists had cultivated. Her books were incredibly popular for a reason. Food serves a lot of purposes - it's not just meant to nourish you or to be within your budget. Some s you need to make a dinner to impress somebody. Sometimes you want to make a Dinner to seduce somebody. And people seemed to like that.

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