This book, Not Your Mother's Food Storage, is by no means life changing, eye opening, or...whatever, but it takes what is written in the Church's Family Home Storage pamphlet...
Namely,
"Build a small supply of food that is part of your normal, daily diet. One way to do this is to purchase a few extra items each week to build a one-week supply of food. Then you can gradually increase your supply until it is sufficient for three months. These items should be rotated regularly to avoid spoilage."
...and walks you step by step (using examples) on how you'd actually put the Church issued suggestion into practice.
The book prompts you to list the meals you eat on a regular basis for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Then it shows you through worksheets how to figure out what food you'd need in your food storage and how to calculate how much of that food you need to buy. Once you make a list of what to buy, the book gives suggestions on how to efficiently and frugally purchase the food for your storage. As a result, you'll have a food storage of meals and snacks you and your family actually eat.
Other topics included are Storing Staples and Condiments, Storing Nonfood Items, Adapting Your Favorite Recipes, How to Store It Now That You Have It, and Where to Store It Now That You Have It. Plus, it provides over 80 recipes easily adaptable to food storage.
Yes, this blog post sounds like a commercial for the book, but I must warn you that the book provides not a lot of new information or information that can't be found on the Internet.
However, if you want a concise source of information about starting/improving your food storage, this is a good book. I just recommend borrowing a copy from someone (like me) or buying one the next time you get a huge discount for Deseret Book or similar retailer.
Anyway, it's worth the read, but not necessarily worth the listed price.
