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Homefront Cooking: Recipes, Wit, and Wisdom from American Veterans and Their Loved Ones

by Tracey Enerson Wood
Mary Elizabeth Riffle
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An intersection of three inseparable features of military life: stories, family, and food.
Food brings families and friends together, providing not only nourishment for our bodies, but also the glue that holds our families and society together. It is around the dinner table that we interact and important announcements are made—it was chow time in the foxholes when soldiers came to know each other, forming bonds so strong they would risk their own lives for one another. Remembering the smells and tastes of home support many in difficult times, those memories captured here in photographs and recipes.
Home Front Cooking brings you a collection of treasured family recipes and photographs from military service members past and present, and their loved ones. Recipes are accompanied by brief stories and memories related to the recipe, military service, and/or lifestyle.
The stories range from anecdotes passed down from great-great grandfathers who served in the American Civil War, to tales of terrified family members caught in a foreign country when John F. Kennedy was shot, to the stories of service members serving in Afghanistan and Iraq today. Many are heartwarming, some are humorous, most are bittersweet. All are written with a sense of pride and passion, and offer a glimpse of a lifestyle that is as unique as it is challenging.
All authors' profits will be donated to a charitable organization in support of veterans.

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  • Release date

    May 8, 2018

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      • ISBN: 9781510728714
      • File size: 17760 KB

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      • ISBN: 9781510728714
      • File size: 17760 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Booklist

      June 1, 2018
      Food unites, especially when combined with memories and family stories. Wood and her collaborators have amassed 50-plus recipes and story contributions from military veterans and their relatives. The collection begins, naturally, with reveille, that wake-up call signifying breakfast, and doesn't forget potluck and comfort foods, plus healthy choices and quick-to-make dishes. Slop will bring a smile to any cook's face, with its combination of ground beef, pork and beans, and spaghetti. Croatian crepes, bibimbap, and sauerbraten, on the other hand, remind contributors of foreign military stations and home-away assignments. The cooking itself is basic, and the instructions well-intentioned. What will grab attention and hearts are the many narratives of those who served, from great-uncle Private Timothy Cusack (buried three days before WWI's end) to the pictures of the grandfather who inadvertently wooed and killed a Canadian moose. Some of the book's proceeds will be donated to the Robert Irvine Foundation, which supports military personnel through morale and welfare programs. Conversion charts included.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2018, American Library Association.)

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