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First Monday Menu: Valentine’s Day

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on February 1, 2021

This month’s menu is from The New American Cook Book, 1941 edition. It’s a Valentine’s…

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Christmas: Games

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on December 29, 2020

How might a home front family spend the days between Christmas and the New Year?…

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Christmas: Ration Toll House Cookies

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on December 24, 2020December 24, 2020

I wanted to be sure to include a recipe for those folks that were dealing…

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Christmas: Toys

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on December 23, 2020

What would Santa bring down the chimney in 1942? Good Housekeeping had the answer in…

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Christmas: Spritz Cookies

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on December 20, 2020

When I was a little girl, my mother made spritz cookies with a cookie press…

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Christmas: Honey Cookies

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on December 16, 2020

Looking for a soft, fluffy holiday cookie? Try these Honey Cookies from the Culinary Arts…

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Christmas: Making a List in 1944

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on December 15, 2020

Our home front housewife might have needed a bit of help thinking up gift ideas.…

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Wartime Christmas Dinner Trimmings

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on December 14, 2020

This article from the December 1943 issue of Woman’s Day shows you how you can…

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Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on December 7, 2020

This is a December 1941 Hawaii Tourist Bureau magazine ad. I wanted to share it…

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First Monday Menu: Hasty Holiday Meal

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on December 7, 2020December 7, 2020

This month’s menu is from the Wyandotte County Gas Co.’s Your Gas Range Cook Book…

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Since this week brought us National Book Lover's Day, I thought I'd add a list of books that were published in 1940. It's been a while since I have done one of these lists, and this time I added children's books to the mix. You can see my entire list on my blog today. Link's in my bio. And, yes, Caps for Sale is on the list.
The American Woman’s Cook Book is one I find myself reaching for again and again. Since today is National Book Lovers Day, I’d love to hear what your favorite vintage cookbooks are. They don’t have to be from the 1940s. Any decade is fine. What are your favorites and why? Do you have a favorite recipe from them? I’d love to hear from you!
Here are some picnic recipes from the July 1939 issue of Woman’s Day. I thought these would make a fun First Monday Menu for the end of summer.
I used this black-eyed pea recipe to finish off my series on the USDA’s shopping guides from 1942. It’s got a bit of a kick to it and would work great with almost any meal. You can read more about the individual charts over on my blog. The link is in my bio.
Look at this almost perfect sample of shelf paper from 1945. I love it! Do you still line your shelves with paper? Did you in the past? You can see the entire page it is on on my blog. Link’s in my bio.
It’s that time of year again! To celebrate 4 years of History in the Kitchen, I’ve rounded up some favorite wartime recipes all in one place. You can find them all, including this wonderful pear cake, on my blog today. Link’s in my bio. Thanks for sharing the past 4 years with me!
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