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Eating For Victory: Healthy Home Front Cooking on War Rations (Official Wwii Info Reproductns)
by: Foreword by Jill Norman

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 941
EAN: 9781843172642
ISBN: 184317264X
Label: Michael O'Mara
Manufacturer: Michael O'Mara
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: September 06, 2007
Publisher: Michael O'Mara
Studio: Michael O'Mara
Sales Rank: 4821

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk:
How would you survive on wartime rations? Eating for Victory (subtitled Healthy Home Front Cooking on War Rations) makes for absolutely fascinating reading -- and may answer the question as to what the reader might have made of these more straitened times.

The book reproduces official Second World War instruction leaflets (which have never before been published in book form) and demonstrates how millions of people in Britain endured food shortages during the hardships of WWII. With a perceptive foreword by Jill Norman, Eating for Victory shows that the government endeavoured to keep morale high by producing a host of the upbeat leaflets included here on such subjects as ‘using up stale crusts’ and ‘foods for fitness’ (the leaflets are most amusing in this area, showing how much thinking has changed over the years -- the use of fats and lard looks very quaint in these more enlightened times). But what gives particular pleasure here is the verbatim reproduction of the original artwork and typefaces, which vividly conjures a lost era. To read this entertaining little book is like climbing into a time machine to take us back to the 1940s. --Barry Forshaw

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Fascinating, enlightening
The introduction to this book sets the scene of the wartime kitchen and beyond during rationing, and continues with reproductions of wartime leaflets. For content I would have given this book five stars but marked it down by one since I found some of the reproductions rather difficult to read due to poor quality - even with my super new reading glasses.

This book is not just a nostalgic look at the past but contains valuable nutritional advice which is as applicable today with the range of foods available to us as it was then.

Given the current economic climate and the need for us all to reduce food and energy waste, there are many useful tips to pick up from this book. Filling, wholesome food and a balanced diet ... Read More:

Rating:

- fascinating collection of WW2 Food Facts and recipes
If you are interested in domestic life during World War Two, this is the book for you. It is a fascinating collection of Ministry of Food "Food Facts" and recipes: including how to render fat and bottle tomatoes. A must for anyone who wants to try "Eating for Victory".

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