Good food
P. C. B. Newington (Author), Beryl Irving (Illustrator)
"Good Food" came into being during the period I was interned (sic) in Changi Criminal Prison and Sime Road Camp, Singapore, by the Japanese from February 1942 up to date of our release in August 1945. It is an extraordinary thing how one's thoughts turn to food when one is starving. Our food had steadily been decreased until our staple dish in May 1945 was 4 ozs of rice a day. I started in the Changi days by writing down in a note book all the recipes that I could remember and when I was transferred to Sime Road Camp I started a Gourmets Club which was called "Good Food." The Club would meet on the embankment outside my hut, once a week and for an hour food was discussed as follows... -- Preface
Print Book, English, 1947
Charles Grenier & Co., Ltd., Ipoh, Malaya, 1947