Wholesome food, well prepared, is a basic requirement in the lives of all of us, and the needs of the human body do not vary in this respect even when we go vacationing. The only real difference between appetites at home and "in transit" is that appetites on vacation usually are more robust. Appetites in trailers are no exception.

Three meals a day can be well executed with a minimum of effort in the snug convenience of a trailer kitchen. Adventuring in a trailer opens opportunities for adventuring in new foods, to anyone who will explore the possibilities of this vagabond existence; and for summer camps and kitchenettes, these menus are equally convenient.

Meals for the trailer need not be drab or uninteresting. Fresh food on every roadside stand, wholesome food in cans challenge the homemaker to feed her traveling companions interesting food, well prepared. Good food which is adequate and appetizing need not be elaborate or intricate to prepare. It is hoped that the martyr spirit dominating homemakers of an earlier day will not reappear in the trailer. Some of the same spirit of adventure that prompted the pioneer home-maker to feed her family well as she swayed across the continent in her covered wagon may still be required of today's trailer homemaker. New frontiers are hers without the same hardships and hazards.

Today's trailer homemaker, if she has taken a step in the fashionable direction of keeping up with the times, will dominate her meals - not be dominated by them. She will plan each day's meals carefully, with the assurance that her family is adequately fed. She will reduce their preparation to a minimum of time and effort, so that most of her day will find her free to revel in the day's adventures in carefree, holiday mood. Meals on Wheels - the recorded experience of authors who know trailer cookery from first-hand experience - should help chart a safe culinary course and add considerable interest to trailer travel.

Eloise Davison Director, Herald- Tribune Home Institute.