A 1916-Style School Lunch

A sample lunch basket and recipes for three warm school lunch items from a 1916 book called “The Rural School Lunch.”

Vintage School Lunch Recipes and Menus (1916-1960)

With school fast approaching, if it hasn’t already arrived, I thought it would be fun to have a little look at the history of school lunch in the United States. I won’t be covering the historical evolution of the school lunch programs or nutritional requirements in detail, at least not right now. This is more…