Ida Bailey Allen's Food for Two Cook Book, 1947 Post-WWII Cookbook | Cooking for Two | Vintage 1940s Cookbook Boxes Patriotism was not the concept

Patriotism was not the concept of loving and defending a country

• Pages have yellowed a bit but otherwise it feels as though this wasn't used very much

Clean and glamorous

"Cute baby

• Betty Crocker's Dinner Parties

Ida Bailey Allen's Food for Two Cook Book, 1947 Post-WWII Cookbook | Cooking for Two | Vintage 1940s Cookbook Boxes Patriotism was not the conceptPost World War II America was settling back into domestic life in 1947 with a new trend emerging cooking for two. As the Foreword explains "Questions asked by twosomes the country over Business girls doubling up in one room apartments, Young men batching in cramped quarters, Dwellers on house boats in Quonset huts and trailers, Older couples, children married and away from home, Brides and grooms in kitchenette apartments To buy and cook food for two