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![[Kitchen utensils hanging below a spice rack with mint, caraway, thyme, and sage jars]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzkvMDEvMDEva2l0Y2hlbi11dGVuc2lscy1oYW5naW5nLWJlbG93LWEtc3BpY2UtcmFjay13aXRoLW1pbnQtY2FyYXdheS10aHltZS1hbmQtc2FnZS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/396/jpg "[Kitchen utensils hanging below a spice rack with mint, caraway, thyme, and sage jars]")
![[Mary Roberts Rinehart, lifting lid of pot on stove, and chef standing alongside]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjAvMDEvMDEvbWFyeS1yb2JlcnRzLXJpbmVoYXJ0LWxpZnRpbmctbGlkLW9mLXBvdC1vbi1zdG92ZS1hbmQtY2hlZi1zdGFuZGluZy1hbG9uZ3NpZGUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Mary Roberts Rinehart, lifting lid of pot on stove, and chef standing alongside]")
![[Stove in kitchen] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvc3RvdmUtaW4ta2l0Y2hlbi02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Stove in kitchen] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.")
![[White House kitchen with set table and cupboards]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjMvd2hpdGUtaG91c2Uta2l0Y2hlbi13aXRoLXNldC10YWJsZS1hbmQtY3VwYm9hcmRzLTdjOGEzOS02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[White House kitchen with set table and cupboards]")
![[A bird perched on the edge of a bowl, with head cocked, looking at a utensil in the bowl]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTIvYS1iaXJkLXBlcmNoZWQtb24tdGhlLWVkZ2Utb2YtYS1ib3dsLXdpdGgtaGVhZC1jb2NrZWQtbG9va2luZy1hdC1hLXV0ZW5zaWwtMDY3MDgyLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/55/webp "[A bird perched on the edge of a bowl, with head cocked, looking at a utensil in the bowl]")
![[Native Americans collecting sap and cooking maple syrup in pots, tilling soil into raised humps, and sowing seeds, North America]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3MjQvMDEvMDEvbmF0aXZlLWFtZXJpY2Fucy1jb2xsZWN0aW5nLXNhcC1hbmQtY29va2luZy1tYXBsZS1zeXJ1cC1pbi1wb3RzLXRpbGxpbmctc29pbC02NDAuanBn/40/52/webp "[Native Americans collecting sap and cooking maple syrup in pots, tilling soil into raised humps, and sowing seeds, North America]")
