There is no more fruitful source of family discontent than a housewife's badly-cooked dinners and untidy ways.

(Isabella Beeton, The Book of Household Management, 1861)

While the world has moved on since 1861, the fundamental need for a repository of information on household management remains.  Arguably, the need is even more pronounced in 2008.

This guide is not an anti-feminist diatribe.  Nor does it seek to reposition women back into the kitchen, barefoot and silent.  What I aim to do is to provide the essentials of running a modern home, for both men and women.

Unfortunately I'm still trying to work it all out myself.  I'm just a 20-something woman who is trying her hardest (and sometimes gets it right) to manage a career, marriage, household and still have time for all of the important things, like shoes, food, wine and coffee.

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