lakehead thunder bay's next in conversation lecture will cover food on the home front in the first world war

on saturday, march 17 at 2 pm, beverly soloway from lakehead’s history department will give a talk at the brodie library called kitchen soldiers: feeding the home front in wwi.

during the first world war, the lakehead – and all of canada – undertook a plan of food control to provide for overseas soldiers and allies. this talk looks at how food regulations, thriftiness, and substitutions impacted lakehead homes including a discussion on food, family meals, and suggested recipes.