🍞🇮🇹 Cooking on the Italian Home Front During WWII | Survival, Scarcity & Ingenuity

What did ordinary Italians cook during World War II, when food was scarce, rationed, or entirely unavailable?

This video takes you inside the kitchens of Italy during the war — where resourcefulness and tradition came together to feed families through hardship.

🍝 How classic Italian dishes were adapted with minimal ingredients
🥖 The impact of rationing, fascist policies, and blockades
🥬 Substitutes for pasta, meat, and bread
💡 Stories of creativity: stretching a meal for 10 people with just one egg
🍲 Recipes passed down from grandmothers who lived through it all

Cooking on the Italian Home Front wasn’t just about food — it was about survival, resilience, and cultural pride.