Books like Rare bits by Patricia Bunning Stevens

"A Square Meal" traces how the Great Depression reshaped American food culture, from government‑led nutrition programs to the rise of processed foods and regional revivals.

Twenty years ago, Making the Best of Basics -- Family Preparedness Handbook became the family preparedness bible for a generation. The '90s have brought their own litany of worries -- company downsizings, severe hurricanes and winter storms, flooding, government shutdowns -- that make in-home storage an attractive proposition again.The recently updated and expanded Ninth Edition of Making the Best of Basics is designed for the urban family. It offers a manageable and effective plan for accumulating, storing, and utilizing an in-home supply of food and other essentials to support a family in a near-normal manner for one year. Basics includes -- recipes for using stored foods, -- a section on common storage problems and solutions, -- lists of sources for storage items, -- charts to help you determine what and how much you need, as well as chapters on storing and using essentials such as water, wheat, fruits and vegetables, and fuel. -- Over 350,000 copies of earlier editions sold. -- This single volume tells you what to store, how to store it, and how to use it. -- Basics' unique "Family Factor" makes determining storage quantities easy.

An engaging social history of women, food, and cooking in early twentieth‑century America, revealing how past obsessions shape today’s thinking about nourishment and the kitchen.

Explore how everyday meals— from hardtack to home fries—have shaped American history, uncovering the stories behind the food of presidents, first ladies, and ordinary citizens.

Explore how European and Asian immigrants shaped U.S. cuisine from 1565 to 1920, and try recipes like German Potato Salad, Portuguese Sweetbread, Swedish Meatballs, Matzoh Balls, Fried Rice, and Sukiyaki.