On a Shingle: 62 From '62

Children of the 60s often ate school lunches that were born in U.S. Army mess halls of World War II. They were easy to make for large groups, nutritious by the standards of the day and universally mocked by the students who consumed them. On a Shingle is an anthology of 62 recipes from a 1962 "Lunch Lady" handbook, scaled down to family size and analyzed for their nutritional content. Each recipe also has a "workspace" where cooks may add their own versions of the recipes, or recount their ...