Post-War Kitchen : Nostalgic Food and Facts from 1945-54

by Marguerite Patten

The late 1940s and early 1950s was a time when people longed to return to good cooking and Marguerite Patten appeared on television showing people how to cook well. This post-war history of cookery includes authentic recipes and extracts from newspapers and public information leaflets of the time.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Food and Drink, World War II, Cooking, Food

Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Hilda Marguerite Patten was a home econonomist, food writer and broadcaster.
Marguerite Patten fresh from the Ministry of Food during World War II represented post-war austerity cookery books; many selling in huge quantities and produced in colour by Paul Hamlyn. She was one of the early TV cooks to have her own programme.

She was awarded an OBE in 1991.

Reviews

[Jennifer]

After reading this it makes me so grateful for all the modern conveniences and food stuffs we have today. I also realize that there is so much that I did not know about how the British people suffered under food rationing and shortages of fresh food for so long post war. The woman who authored the book is a master of her craft.

[Amy Louise Smith]

Had some interesting facts spread among the recipes.