I received this book to read and review from netgalley. Being a big history buff - WWII is one of my interests - and getting more and more into gardening and eating better, I was thrilled with the idea of a book like this.

That being said, the book really falls short.

First, there's a lot of typos and grammatical errors, things that really should have been caught.

Second, there's so much repetition. I understand in any book like this, there is going to be some summaries and back info, but it just seemed like alot of the same information was repeated more often then was necessary.

The history section was a bit slow going, I already knew most of the history and was disappointed not to learn anything new. The recipes were interesting to read and to think about, but nothing I would try on my own. The memoirs section was by far the most interesting part of the book and by far my favorite as well, and the section I would recommend. I honestly thought more of the book was going to be like this section, so perhaps my own bias and preconceived notions colored my impressions of the book.

I'm rating the book 3 stars because the book was good, I just was left wishing there was more to the book (and not in a good way, like at the end of a particularly good novel).