Imagine the government telling you how much meat or chicken you could buy, or how much sugar or flour you could have. Strange as it may seem, at one time it actually happened.

During WW II our government had a tremendous fighting force to feed. To ease food shortages at home and discourage hoarding, a food rationing program was devised to help insure that every family would have enough to eat. Today, even in the midst of the War on Terror, such a concept seems extreme – almost unfathomable. "Anna’s Kitchen," gives a glimpse into life on the WW II home front. It is a cookbook and a history lesson in one. More than 180 economical, back-to-basics World War II ration recipes are the focal point but short tales of life on the American home front are interspersed throughout. ISBN: 1-59872-014-7/ 6x9/ paperback/ 179 pages/ spiral bound