"You are a housewife or cook, for whom the whole thing has become dull and prosy. You have to write out menus for special occasions - Christmas, New Year, Sunday High Tea - and also menus for every day, perhaps following a plan for a week ahead. As you write the menus, do not just scribble them on the back of an old envelope, but select art paper, or at least good quality paper, and embellish your menus with illustrations: table settings, food, garden scenes or market scenes, or just decorations. Do something more than simply write out the menu. Then pin it up where it will encourage you in your cooking, and encourage others who are hungry for a meal. It will not only be efficient, but will also add importance and dignity to the task of cooking. Your kitchen will take on a more interesting air. Perhaps it will not be a duplication of an art studio, but at least it will have a hint of something more than the peeling of potatoes."
-- From "The Hidden Art of Homemaking - Creative Ideas for Enriching Everyday Life" by Edith Schaeffer
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