A Square Meal
A culinary history of the Great Depression, by Jane Ziegelman & Andrew Coe, 2016.
It's not a collection of recipes, although some are included in this book. Instead, it's a social history with relevance in today's world that includes the origin of food stamps and the government's guidelines on recommended daily allowances, as well as home economics as a scientific study. I didn't want to return this back to the library, because I want to read it again sometime, and maybe give a copy to Dad (he'd find it interesting, I think). I'd also like to explore some of the authors' other books. (Ziegelman: 97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement; Coe: Chop Suey: A cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States.)
It's not a collection of recipes, although some are included in this book. Instead, it's a social history with relevance in today's world that includes the origin of food stamps and the government's guidelines on recommended daily allowances, as well as home economics as a scientific study. I didn't want to return this back to the library, because I want to read it again sometime, and maybe give a copy to Dad (he'd find it interesting, I think). I'd also like to explore some of the authors' other books. (Ziegelman: 97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement; Coe: Chop Suey: A cultural History of Chinese Food in the United States.)