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Modern Homemakers: Madame Benoit's buffet

What do women want? In 1945, CBC broadcasters were asking that question — at least in terms of radio and television programming. As the Second World War ended and Canada's postwar boom began, happy homemakers heard Kate Aitken's cold remedy or tips on how to make a pizza pie. But as the cheery '50s got on, women listeners requested more intelligent programming. They began to learn about setting up a theatre company and hear frank discussion about what going through a divorce was really like.

Cooking expert Jehane Benoit whips up a buffet for 20 hungry men.
Medium: Television
Program: Take 30
Broadcast Date: Feb. 3, 1964
Guest(s): Jehane Benoît
Host: Paul Soles, Anna Cameron
Duration: 6:26

Last updated: November 22, 2012

Page consulted on March 22, 2013

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