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Based on diaries written during the First World War, the article examines issues related to the procuring of food and its preparation in wartime Romania, both on the front and behind the lines, in the south of the current territory of the country, which was under German occupation between 1916 and 1918, and in Moldova, where the authorities and many people had taken refuge. While the troops and the common population were faced with an extreme scarcity of resources, the upper classes and upper-ranked officers, as well as the occupation forces, on the one hand, and the French and British allied ones, on the other, were still able to enjoy rich and indulgent meals. The selected written accounts reveal a striking difference between the available foodstuff and between the menus of the former and the latter categories. |
