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Feeding the Nation Marguerite Patten, OBE

Feeding the Nation By Marguerite Patten, OBE

Feeding the Nation by Marguerite Patten, OBE


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Condition - Very Good
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Summary

Recalls how the housewives of Britain learned to make do and kept the nation 'fighting fit'. This book contains a vast collection of recipes, showing how war-time food is still delicious. It includes food from street parties and other victory celebrations. These dishes feature both home cooking and inspiration from the countries of our allies

Feeding the Nation Summary

Feeding the Nation: Nostalgic Recipes and Facts from 1940-1954 by Marguerite Patten, OBE

This book recalls how the housewives of Britain learned to make do and kept the nation 'fighting fit'. Contains a vast collection of recipes, including Steak and Potato Pie, Stuffed Marrow and Eggless Sponge Pudding, showing how war-time food is still delicious. Includes food from street parties and other victory celebrations that marked the end of the war. These celebratory dishes feature both home cooking and inspiration from the countries of our allies. Savour the tastes of the war years with this nostalgic collection of recipes.

About Marguerite Patten, OBE

Marguerite Patten is one of Britain's most famous cookery writers, with over 160 cookery books, many of them bestsellers, to her credit. She was awarded the OBE for her services to the art of cookery in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 1991 and in 1995 she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Guild of Food Writers. During the Second World War, she worked for the Ministry of Food in East Anglia and London. She then took charge of the Ministry of Food Bureau at Harrods, Knightsbridge; her job was to help families prepare nutritious and appetising dishes with their weekly rations.

Additional information

GOR001290559
9780600614722
0600614727
Feeding the Nation: Nostalgic Recipes and Facts from 1940-1954 by Marguerite Patten, OBE
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Octopus Publishing Group
20051015
224
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