This resourceful home advice-filled cookbook teaches readers how to survive and thrive in any setting. With over 70 flavorful recipes dedicated to reshaping trying times and food scarcity into invigorating and heart-lifting meals, this inspiring 1944 guide to happiness empowers home cooks even today.

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