Cooking on a Ration Food is Still Fun

190 pages. 21 x 14 cm. The author, Marjorie Mills, was well known for her radio programs and byline in the Boston Herald and Traveler - so it is not a surprise she was tasked with helping the American homemaker navigate the "point value" system that was an everyday struggle during the war. Recipes include 58 main-dish recipes that require only 30 minutes or less for preparation; Recipes for 57 substantial and delicious soups, stews, and chowders; 64 recipes that use leftovers; 82 recipes and variations for cooking vegetables; 37 bread recipes; and a chapter on canning, based on government instructions. Interior toned and lightly foxed with a few handwritten check marks. Covers clean, dust wrapper rubbed at edges. [BROWN 1696]. Pink cloth covered boards. Very good, in good dust wrapper.