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Stories And Recipes of the Great Depression of the 1930's, Volume IV (Stories & Recipes of the Great Depression)

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WOW ! Wish I had read this when my parents (born in the 1920s) were alive! What a great lesson in understanding our Senior Citizens. This book is an excellent combination of healthy and clearly written recipes from the 1930s PLUS a lesson in history of what the Great Depression was like and how it affected people during their entire lifetime. Many personal accounts of life from Depression era is in this book. It was easy to keep interested in a subject usually glossed over or boring in lack of personal details in our American history books. Cookbook collectors should have this one ! Anyone having parents who lived through the Depression and WWII should also read this book. The recipes are good ones that many of us will still recognize today as passed down through families in "Mom's best home cooking." Suddenly the light will dawn on understanding older loved ones. I plan on ordering more copies of this cookbook to give as gifts.

This book has older recipes that dont use a lot of artifical or convience foods. Also included are short 1-2 paragraph blurbs or stories of life in the depression years. I found it wonderful reading.

This book gives me a sense of home my parents experienced growing up. As I read the short stories and try recipes, I am taken back to my grandmother's kitchen, a warm, welcoming place where I was one child loved and cared for. The recipe for a crust for meat pies is exceptional, and even my son enjoyed the glimpse of how things were. History is important because history repeats itself, and in these days of recession, you can find solace and hope.

This book is a great intro the scratch cooking as well as the realities of living in the Great Depression.

This is a very enjoyable trip through a difficult time in our history...many memories and very good recipes. I have the other books in the series and refer to them a lot.