The 80s VHS fever dream that taught America to nuke their dinner.
Learn how to make the most of your microwave. Includes browning foods with a browning dish, raising yeast dough quickly, safe use of foil, producing crispy foods and much more.
Production
Peak VHS aesthetic with inexplicable soft-focus food glamour shots.
Director
Better Homes & Gardens
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This arrived at peak microwave mania, when 90% of US households owned one and brands desperately justified them as 'real' cooking tools.
Better Homes & Gardens released dozens of these tapes—most hosted by rotating 'Jane Does' who were actually local cooking instructors, not actors.
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