Machine generated contents note: Setting the Table -- Food Is a Weapon -- From the Factory to the Suburbs: New Social Roles for Women -- Little Girls Make Fluffy Jell-0 Desserts: Little Boys and Their Fathers Grill Steaks -- Sitting Down and Unfolding Our Napkins -- "If I Knew You Were Comin, I'd Have Baked a Cake": Cookbooks, Cooks, and Cooking -- "Honey, I'm Home. What's for Dinner?": The 1950s American Diet, Part I -- SPAM* and Jell-O Tell Their Stories While We Sit Back and Enjoy a Cola: The 1950s American Diet, Part II -- Fancy Appetizers, Beef Stroganoff, and an Atomic Cocktail: Fun and Elegant Entertaining in the Suburbs, Part I -- More Parties, the Cult of the Chafing Dish, and the Suburban Luau: Fun and Elegant Entertaining in the Suburbs, Part II -- Foreign Foods? Chop Suey, Tamale Pie, Chef Boy-Ar-Dee, and Some Curry -- Indigestion -- Selling Plymouths to Men, Electric Can Openers to Women, and Televisions for All -- Step Away from the Donuts: The Importance of Staying Healthy (in Case the Cold War Turns Hot) -- Watching History Unfold with an After-Dinner Drink -- The Kitchen Debate: Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev Meet in a Lemon-Yellow Kitchen, July 24, 1959.
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