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 foods served at lavish ancient Roman feasts and a recipe from the 2nd century BC for an early form of cheesecake

The history of Election Day as a major holiday in Hartford, Connecticut, and a scaled down 18th century recipe of any Election Day table: election cake

The origins of the croissant, from Viennese kipferl to the modern flaky pastry, and a mid-19th century recipe for a bread-like version

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