Beef Stew for 2500

To give his reader an understanding of how the U.S. navy feeds the crews of its busy ships at sea, the author takes a cruise from the revolutionary war tot the present. The journey includes brief histories of how food was prepared aboard ship during epic periods in our nation's history. each chapter also contains authentic recipes reflecting the various foods prepared and eaten by our nation's sailors, from Dandyfunk in the revolutionary War to "SOS in today's fleet.