Just when you thought you’d had it up to here with happy homemakers, author Peg Bracken wrote the “I Hate to Cook Book,” and it was a success. Bracken died Saturday at age 89.
Bracken threw down the oven mitt to a generation of women who had been taught that their destiny was to be Suzy Homemaker. Her sharp wit and irreverent attitude made the book an immediate sensation. It sold more than 3 million copies.
Bracken unashamedly embraced the then-new convenience foods, mixes and canned foods, with cans of mushroom soup a stalwart to many recipes. But most of all, she was funny.
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