⏰ This event took place in June 2025. Want to know how it went? Check out the gallery for photos and testimonials or Join our mailing list to be informed if we run it again! ⏰

While many people associate the years of the Second World War with rationing, it was also a time of great ingenuity in cooking. Hundreds of new recipes were invented, making use of what was available, and responding to shortages, the national mood, and changing trends. 

Many of these recipes have since been lost to history… but during this event we resurrected several forgotten foods from this pivotal era in the history of the world.

Recipes included:

• Mock Banana
• Lord Woolton Pie
• Potato Spice Cookies
• Mock Duck
• Emergency Steak
• Potato Peel Pie

Our venue was the ENTCS in Edinburgh: a beautiful Georgian building that is now home to a fully-equipped cookery school. Here are some photos of the class and the creations we made:

We also mixed up a couple of classic WWII-era cocktails: the “Suffering Bastard” and the very refreshing “Torpedo Juice”. We enjoyed these while learning about a range of topics including pig clubs, rationing, British restaurants, Dig For Victory and more!

We’ve run a couple of themed cookery classes now. For more, take a look at our iconic 1970s dinner party cookery class from 2024!

⏰ This event took place in June 2025. Want to know how it went? Check out the gallery for photos and testimonials or Join our mailing list to be informed if we run it again! ⏰