Free WWII Cookbooks
There are many great resources out there for those wanting to cook wartime recipes! Below is a selection of cookbooks from WWII available for free online. If you know of any others, from any country, please let me know so I can add it to this list!
Last updated: September 2024
Here’s a fun article from the National Museum of American History: “A Taste of Wartime Rationing in 1940s Product Cookbooks”
American Cookbooks
120 Wartime Meat Recipes by American Meat Institute, 1942
Betty Crocker’s Your Share, 1943
Health for Victory Club, November 1942
Home Canning, Preserving, and Pickling, 1944 (only use for historical reference, not for actual canning)
The Cook Book of the United States Navy, 1944
Victory Cook Book by Lysol, 1943
Victory Meat Extenders by the National Livestock & Meat Board, 1942
Australian Cookbooks
Planning Meat Ration Meals, 1943
British Cookbooks
Self Help Wartime Cooking Suggestions by Self Help Co-op