Front Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- PART I: REVEILLE -- Breakfast and Other Eye-Openers -- A Promise Kept -- French Bread -- Busy Family Breakfast -- Breakfast Quesadillas -- In Search of the Perfect Bagel -- New York Bagels -- Bagel and Lox Benedict -- Miracle in the South Pacific -- Palacinke -- Cracked Eggs -- Life After Retirement -- Apple Raisin French Toast -- Fat Joe -- "Mancakes" -- The Greatest Generation -- Crab Cake Benedict with Rosemary-Lemon Hollandaise -- PART II: ASAP -- Things That Can be Made in a Hurry -- Pork Chop Tuesdays -- Nachos -- Wallisi Wall Banger -- Pomegranate Cosmo -- A Kindness Remembered -- Cheesy Chicken and Broccoli Casserole -- The G String -- Quick Chicken and Dumplings -- How Wig Wags Led to Naughty Island Drinks -- Naughty Island Drink -- From Army Brat to Army Spouse -- No-Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies -- Soldier-Seaman Bryce -- Slop -- Vegetables Incognito -- Squash Casserole -- Bacon Balls -- Bacon Wrapped Dates -- Ingredients for a Happy Marriage -- Beef Stir-Fry -- PART III: FIT FOR DUTY -- Healthy Choices -- Induction Physical -- Korean Cuisine Trifecta -- Bibimbap -- In the Elbow of Big Sur -- Big Boy Artichokes -- An Evening Emulated -- Grilled Atlantic Salmon (Marne Sapper Style) -- London 2012: The Carrot Invasion -- Carrot Soup -- Middle East Cuisine Brought Home -- Middle Eastern Chicken Pita Sandwiches -- Cajun Debauchery -- Redfish Coubion (Courtbouillon) -- Pampered Chickens are Delicious -- Creamy Asparagus Cauliflower Soup -- Spinach Creek Farms, Fairbanks -- Spicy Carrots -- Turkey Soup -- Kale and Avocado Salad -- Catfish Dreaming -- Catfish Tacos -- PART IV: MORE DIMES THAN DOLLARS -- Budget-Minded Meals and Stories -- Summertime Delights -- Blueberry Buckle -- Navy Food -- White Bean and Ham Soup -- Hot Dogs, Again?.

Braised Pot Roast -- Potato Soup -- Pensacola Crabbing -- Pensacola Navy Crab Croquettes -- Celebrate Every Day -- Marinated Flank Steak -- Rear Guard Cuisine -- Army Chicken & -- Rice -- Helpful Hints from Victory Cookbook -- Resourceful Wartime Housewife -- Pheasant with Bacon Cabbage Cream -- Fried Chicken (Oh My!) -- Chicken Paprikash -- African Treat -- Samosas -- PART V: POT LUCK -- Dishes Meant to be Shared -- Some Like It Hot -- Étouffée -- Gumbo -- Jambalaya -- When in Spain . . . -- Meat and Seafood Paella -- My Favorite Recipe -- Green Shrimp -- Kitchen Wars -- Three-Cheese Shrimp Toasts -- Qatari Challenge -- Spring Rolls -- G-String Progressive Dinner -- Stuffed Beef Tenderloin -- Come as You Are! -- Coney Island Hot Dogs -- A Watched Pot -- Cavatini -- No Soup (Spoon) For You! -- Gazpacho -- Key West Tacky Cookie Jar Club -- Beth's Eclectic Chocolate Chip Cookies -- Wedding Cake -- Coconut Cake -- The Texas Rattler -- Italian-Sausage Pasta -- Food Helps Friendships Last Decades -- Johnny Brazilian -- Off-Roading in Afghanistan -- Kabuli Pulao -- PART VI: COMFORT FOODS -- What Gets Us Through the Difficult Times -- Pie Lady -- GoGo's Lemon Meringue Pie -- Dark Time -- Sauerbraten -- A New World to Discover -- A Family Favorite -- Italian Sausage and Tortellini Soup -- Reality Arrives in a Little Brown Bag -- Crunch Top Apple Pie -- The Terrifying Cook -- Genevieve Ward's Spaghetti Sauce and Tender Meatballs -- A Toast to Normandy Don't it Make Your Blond Hair Brown? -- Calvados Bread Pudding -- Love and Lasagna -- Meat Lasagna with Roasted Vegetables -- Food and Family Traditions -- Remoulade Sauce -- Beef Brisket -- Hazelnut Semifreddo -- Soup Bone Miracle -- Homemade Vegetable Beef Soup -- Legacy of Love and Courage -- Baked Whipped Potatoes -- Good American Soldier -- Kissable Chicken and Dumplings.

Military Service: A Family Tradition -- Cornbread Dressing/Giblet Gravy -- Celebrity Heroes -- Braised Beef Short Ribs -- Piggy Bank Promises -- Sunday Dinner Roast Beef -- Grandma's Chicken n' Dumplings -- FINAL THOUGHTS -- Musings on Life and Military Service -- D-Day -- Survival Skills and the Amorous Moose -- Polish Pottery and the Military -- Controlled Application -- The Last Letter Sent by Pvt. Timothy Cusack, October 26, 1918 -- Note from the Authors -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Conversion Charts.