Food Saving and Sharing (US Food Administration)
- Year
- 1918
- Era
- 20th century
- Origin
- USA · Americas
- Language
- English
- Category
- Wartime/Austerity
Food Saving and Sharing, issued in 1918 by the United States Food Administration under Herbert Hoover, was prepared to instruct American households in voluntary conservation of wheat, meat, fats, and sugar during the First World War. Aimed particularly at young readers and schools, it framed thrift in the kitchen as patriotic duty, and remains a key document of the wartime "Hooverizing" campaign that shaped civilian food culture and later relief efforts.
Cooking from this book
Victory Bread
Signature dishVictory Bread is the loaf most closely tied to this wartime pamphlet, a household staple in which a portion of the usual wheat flour was replaced with substitutes such as corn, oat, barley or rye meal. Promoted to free up wheat for soldiers and Allies overseas, it became a patriotic emblem of the Hoover Food Administration's wheatless campaigns, turning the daily bread board into a small act of civilian service on the American home front.
An editorial note on a dish associated with this book, written for The Coquinist. It is not a reproduction of the book's recipe.
