How to Cook Husbands

"How to Cook Husbands" by Elizabeth Strong Worthington is a witty story that puts a funny spin on marriage and home life using creative ideas and helpful tips for women thinking about getting married. It focuses on a single, thirty-four-year-old woman who thinks about marriage, family, and what it takes to keep a husband happy, comparing it to cooking. At the start, we read a fun "recipe" for "cooking" husbands, which suggests they need to be taken care of to do well in a marriage. The narrator thinks about a funny recipe she saw in a newspaper, considering her own experiences with managing a home and the challenges of being in a relationship. She uses cooking terms to describe marriage, sharing her thoughts on love, friendship, and how men and women act in society. Even though it's light and funny, it also gently touches on deeper ideas about feeling lonely, wanting a partner, and what society expects from women.