The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives

Humorous novel, first published in 1900. "If a wife is allowed to boil at all she will always boil over." According to Wikipedia: "Elizabeth Strong Worthington (1888 - 1908) was a popular American writer during the latter part of the 1800s. Her first books "When Peggy Smiled: A Love Story" and "The Biddy Club", were published in 1888. Her next works "The Little Brown Dog" and "How to Cook Husbands...