The origins and spread of SPAM, and a recipe from a marketing campaign in 1951

The sad tale of Typhoid Mary, and a recipe for peach ice cream, one of her specialties that may have contributed to the spread of typhoid fever

Eating and cooking on US submarines in World War II, and two recipes from the 1945 Cook Book of the United States Navy

British cooks and cooking on the Western Front in World War I, and a 1914 army recipe for corned beef and potato pie

The important and distinct hobo culture of the late 19th century and early 20th century, and a 1940 recipe for a hobo staple: mulligan stew

The history of sloppy joes from fashion to Manwich, and the American school cafeteria recipe from 1988

The history of pancit and panciterias in the Philippines and an early 20th century recipe

Rationing and food shortages before, during, and after WWII in Italy, and a recipe from a delightfully quirky 1942 cookbook

How Juliette Gordon Low established the Girl Scouts in the US, and the original 1922 recipe for Girl Scout cookies

The Hunger Winter of the Netherlands at the end of World War II, and a recipe from the famine that includes tulip bulbs

Food in US schools post-1960s and an extremely nostalgic recipe for cheese pizza from 1988

Celebrating Christmas during the Great Depression, and a recipe for a less expensive Christmas pudding made with gelatin and chocolate

Food supplies and cooking in the Japanese incarceration camps during WWII, and a recipe for tuna noodle casserole from one of the camps’ newspapers

Bomb shelters and the Tube during the Blitz in WWII, and ration-friendly recipes for soup and honey biscuits from the period

Food, rationing, and hunger in Germany during WWII, and a recipe for a casserole from a German magazine early on in the war

The controversial (but brilliant?) naming of Baby Ruth candy bars, and a popular recipe from the 1940s for Baby Ruth cookies that appeared on the wrappers of the time

What happened when the Carpathia docked in New York with the 705 survivors of the Titanic, and an early 20th century recipe for a dessert served aboard the Carpathia the last day aboard the ship

The experience of those on board the RMS Carpathia and the Titanic survivors that they rescued, and soup that might have been amongst the first foods served to the survivors

Rationing in the UK during World War II, and recipes for mock banana cream and the National Loaf

Rationing and starvation in the Soviet Union during WWII, and a recipe from a wartime cookbook for millet and pumpkin porridge