WWII Cook Book Popular Recipes
(2025)

Nonfiction

eBook

Provider: hoopla

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : David Watson, 2025
Made available through hoopla
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (25 pages)

ISBN/ISSN
9798231257188 MWT18667700, 18667700
LANGUAGE
English
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Wartime Recipes from the UK: Cooking on Rations During WWII is a heartfelt journey into the kitchens of Britain during the Second World War - a time when every crumb mattered and every meal was a quiet act of resilience.Drawing on authentic Ministry of Food guidelines, community traditions, and household ingenuity, this book brings together the humble, creative, and deeply nourishing recipes that helped keep a nation going. From eggless sponge cakes and Woolton Pie to trench cake, bread pudding, and communal soups, each chapter explores how families survived - and even celebrated - through rationing, shortages, and daily hardship.More than a cookbook, this is a tribute to the courage and creativity of wartime Britain. You'll discover:Real wartime recipes using limited ingredientsFrugal cooking tips and Ministry of Food adviceHome gardening insights from the "Dig for Victory" campaignWays communities came together over food, even in shelters and bombed-out kitchensPerfect for history lovers, cooks seeking simple, nostalgic meals, or anyone inspired by how food brings people together - even in the hardest of times

Mode of access: World Wide Web

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