Perhaps, without being entirely stuck in the 1950s, OP experienced wife struggling to find a favorite recipe and thought, "I'm not much for makin' french toast,

Perhaps, without being entirely stuck in the 1950s, OP experienced wife struggling to find a favorite recipe and thought, "I'm not much for makin' french toast, but I sure can organize information!" Not all of us are as fortunate as I am to be a brilliant programmer _and_ purveyor of french toast. As for the 1950s, my grandmother actually couldn't cook a lick, though she could bake, and my grandfather was the gourmet as well as the breadwinner. Before he passed he taught her to make her favorite of his dishes. I suspect as a child in that household, if dad wasn't around and you were hungry, you got a grilled cheese, because they were never really prevalent in my time until after bobo passed. ;)