Victory Kitchen Podcast

10/15/2025

Here's another recipe from my wartime autumn recipe marathon: Cranberry Bread Pudding. I'm actually not going to recommend this one. The combination of bread pudding with cranberry sauce and... a meringue? was just weird.
At least the meringue turned out pretty well!

What do you think? Would you give this interesting recipe a try?

10/14/2025

This Victory Apple Pie turned out so good! I made it for an autumn celebration of wartime recipes on $ubstack. The recipe I used is from the October 1942 issue of American Cookery magazine.

Pie crust always seems to be my enemy, but I'm so happy that I found a good recipe this time! (Good Housekeeping Cook Book from 1943 for the win!)
If you're starting to think ahead to Thanksgiving recipes like I am I'd recommend this one!

10/09/2025

https://youtu.be/k0CzXi9e66M?si=n-y8-Y15dx3plgRp

The Jewish Barber, posing as the dictator, Adenoid Hynkel (Charlie Chaplin), stands before the dictator’s army and gives a speech. Emboldened by hope, the fa...

10/08/2025

I took a field trip to the Gettysburg Beyond the Battle Museum for a school project. If you're in the area, this museum is definitely worth a visit!

I was a little sad that their WWII section was so small, but it was still pretty interesting. The last slide is of Ike & Mamie Eisenhower's Christmas stockings!

10/01/2025

Hooray! It's Spooky Month!!
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09/26/2025

I've got a Wartime Autumn Recipe Marathon going over on my Subst@ck! You can find the link on my website in my bio. I've been making some really interesting recipes!

09/15/2025

I've been given the green light for posting what I was working on all summer for my internship at the National Museum of Industrial History. And... here it is!

The exhibit is called "Cheers to 250" which will highlight the beer brewing heritage in America for the 250th anniversary of our country. This was a fascinating exploration of food history. My episode on alcohol rationing just barely scratched the surface!

I worked mostly on research and text writing for the upcoming exhibit. I was super thrilled that I was able to include some WWII history in there too. 😁 Stuff I didn't even know about before which is always thrilling.

My internship included a few other tasks including reorganizing the archives library. That was a fun, labor intensive job. I probably shifted around a literal ton of dusty books, many of them bound magazine collections. 💪🏼 I think the oldest one was a railroad magazine collection that started in the 1880s. 😍

You can look forward to "Cheers to 250" opening in May 2026! You'll have to come check out my hard work along with many others that I worked with!

09/09/2025

This looks like a total nerd book, and it most definitely is. That didn't stop me from cackling like evil Candace in Phineas and Ferb when I got it in the mail though. 😂

If you want to nerd out with me and look inside, just let me know!

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09/05/2025

I've officially finished my internship at the National Museum of Industrial History! What an amazing experience.
You should definitely plan a visit next summer to see what I was working on. 😉 I'm pretty excited to see how it all turns out!

08/16/2025

I had the opportunity to take a field trip for my internship down to the Smithsonian Museum of American History this week!
I got to look through 3 exhibits I haven't seen before - the First Lady Gowns exhibit, the Presidency exhibit, and the Military exhibit.

If I'm completely honest, I was not a fan of the WWII exhibit. I'm light sensitive, so the dark room scheme with spotlights felt oppressive and did not inspire me to stick around to read signs that my eyes struggled to read with the glare. There were too many pictures and text crammed in without enough artifacts to break it up. I know it's super difficult to cram in a very complicated war in a third of an entire exhibit, but it was still a little disappointing.

Other than that the field trip was really cool and I'm so glad I got to take a day to spend in DC!

08/12/2025

The big box cereal lie where it "fills you up" and "fuels you for the day." I think it might be the fault of WWII. 😂

I'm actually a kind of a fan of cereal, but as more of a snack than a hearty breakfast. Favorite cereal as a kid: Cinnamon Life. 😄

08/07/2025

I'm at my summer internship today at the National Museum of Industrial History, and I thought it would be fun to show you this panel talking about the use of propane during WWII!