Civil War Cooking: The Confederacy

This book is part of the series "Exploring History through Simple Recipes." All the books are basically the same format, but the historical context and visuals are different according to the context. A plate of cornbread from the book would help engage students in this discussion of history. One element that may work well for English language learners is that the books in this series are like Cliff Notes of the time period in that they give a summary, which may provide useful reinforcement for curricular content. The books give a sound historical summary of the time period. Books in this series would enable the teacher to help students review curricular content in history.

This book has wonderful information about the Civil War next to each of the recipes. The pictures are wonderful! And stories are included next to most recipes. Included are how to eat hardtack and the Goober Peas song that soldiers sang as they marched. Historical information is bountiful throughout the book. There is also a sister book about Union recipes--they tended to have fresher and more plentiful food supplies.