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Unrest in the Kitchen

Mr. Thomas Beer once wrote a story whose plot turned on the bitterness felt by the owner of a department store when a newspaper commented unfavorably on the quality of…

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The Paring Knife at the Crossroads

From the April 1939 Harper’s Magazine. As noted in the film Julie and Julia.   The Easy Chair has subscribed to the service of Consumers’ Research almost from the beginning,…

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October 1939

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