No eggs, no potatoes but ‘a lot of imagination’: how Spain cooked in war’s hunger years
A new book titled 'Recetas de Guerra' explores how Spanish citizens used creativity to cope with severe food shortages following the Spanish Civil War. The author recreates historical recipes that substituted scarce ingredients like eggs and potatoes with items like bread and onions.
Why it matters
It provides a historical perspective on food insecurity and human resilience during periods of extreme economic and political hardship.
‘An eggless tortilla’. The recipes in the book span the period from the founding of the second republic in 1931 to the phasing out of ration cards in 1952. Photograph: Berta Álvarez Acal ‘An eggless tortilla’. The recipes in the book span the period from the founding of the second republic in 1931 to the phasing out of ration cards in 1952. Photograph: Berta Álvarez Acal Spain No eggs, no potatoes but ‘a lot of imagination’: how Spain cooked in war’s hunger years Book recreates recipes from period following end of Spanish civil war when people faced food shortages
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