When Americans sat down to Christmas dinner in 1918, the meal wasn’t just a celebration — it was an act of patriotism.
During World War I, the US Food Administration urged households to save wheat, sugar, meat and fats so more food could be shipped to troops overseas — and it backed a cookbook, “Win the War in the Kitchen,” filled with ration-friendly recipes.
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