The History of the American Kitchen: How It Became What It Is Today

1915 With America’s industrial revolution in the rearview, the government begins promoting homemaking to young women as an exciting new science — “just as useful to maid as to mistress.” Meanwhile, kitchens are adopting technology like mass-produced metal stoves, the early iterations of refrigerators (just iceboxes, at first) and electrification. The electric kitchen leads to…

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Hilary Duff Shares Her Favorite Sick-Day Soup

Published April 6, 2026 Updated April 6, 2026 Hilary Duff’s Texas childhood includes a very fond memory: Her mom, Susan, would make a brothy chicken soup, infused with corn, cilantro and lime, whenever Ms. Duff was feeling under the weather. It’s a tradition she now carries on for her four children. While promoting her new…

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