"What's Cooking at Columbia - A Recipe Book," 1942

In 1948 Eugene Zdrojewski matriculated at Columbia School of Optometry, having finished prerequisites at Canisius College in Buffalo, all on the G.I. Bill.

Here is the 1903 Columbia, as alma mater of her University,
 by Daniel Chester French.  That distinctly British finial on her staff
reflects the chartering of her University by George II.

An owl, ancient symbol of Athena's wisdom, is supposedly
hidden in her robes.  It appears to be missing;
in 2013 that does not surprise me.

Thus Gene and Clara as newlyweds lived apart much of the time, with Gene in a dorm in NYC and Clara at her parents' home in Buffalo and working in a local hardware store.  She would take the train to New York for visits, and on one such occasion they made this purchase:

So this Third Printing of 1948 retains much of the flavor of the 1942 original printing.  A recipe for "War Time Salad Dressing" calls for "soy bean oil," because that was all you could find, much of the time.

Pride of place is held by this vegetable soup recipe, numero uno in the book.  The instructions start off with a directive on when best to do this, and follow on with five paragraphs of orders on the making of meat broth.

A two-page recipe for vegetable soup?
Someone  is mighty particular
about details.

Page two, top: we attack the vegetables.

Execution of the plan, secret weapons, last-minute adjustments,
thinking outside the box, and his name on the project
as taking full responsibility.