Wartime "Good Housekeeping" Cookery Book

Sections on breakfast, dinner, tea, supper. Wartime cookbook states "Cookery books must alter with changing times; the recipes in this book are chosen to meet to-day's needs, when it is of primary importance to make the best use of the foods available." Peek-Frean's ad on rear cover reminds shoppers "I am rather rare - only ask your share." Some "Standard Wartime Recipes" include Wartime Pastry, Wartime Plain Cake, Wartime Steamed Pudding, Wartime Suetcrust Pastry. Vegetable section includes a Vegetable Loaf and a "Dig For Victory Dish." Desserts include Economical Plum Pudding, Wartime Christmas Cake ("candied peel, if available"), Wartime Mincemeat, Canadian Apple Crispie Pie, etc.