Today it’s a norm to see vegetarian or vegan options in meals, but in the days before and during World War II, this was a ...

In January 1940, the British government introduced food rationing. The scheme was designed to ensure fair shares for all at a time of national shortage. The Ministry of Food was responsible for ...

Following Japan’s bombing of the United States Navy’s Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 and the United States’ resulting entry into the second World War, American at home knew there would ...

wartime cake with raisins sliced on a blue plate - Jessica Leyva Alarcon/Shutterstock Food and drink can often be a window into the past, from coffee's prevalence in American culture being largely ...

Joseph Stella papers, circa 1900-1970. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and ...