Square Meal

A Square Meal

examines how economic contraction and environmental disaster shaped the way Americans ate during the Great Depression, and shares the lessons and insights we may learn from those experiences today.

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“A Square Meal examines how economic contraction and environmental disaster shaped the way Americans ate during the Great Depression, and shares the lessons and insights we may learn from those experiences today.”

Reviews

“An absorbing account of how the Depression changed eating habits that is by turns amusing and sobering.” —Smithsonian

“A highly readable, illuminating look at the many ramifications of feeding the hungry in hard times.” —Kirkus Reviews