Depression-era cooking wasn’t just about making do with less-it created some incredibly delicious recipes that shine through generations. My grandmother taught me how frugal cooks transformed simple ...

Wacky Cake, also known as Depression Cake, was popularized during World War II when rationing certain ingredients was ...

During the Depression, scarce resources and frugal mindsets forced home cooks to get creative during the holidays, but the recipes they devised out of necessity deserve a second look in times of ...

In times of trouble, shortages, or just sparse pantries, Depression-era desserts are there to make life a little bit sweeter.

Why Make Depression-Era Recipes? If you have parents or grandparents who grew up in that era, you no doubt have heard stories about the ways people got creative to get by. Throughout this period, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I tried a chocolate-cake recipe with no eggs or dairy that dates back to the Great Depression. Known as "Depression cake," the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recipes from the Great Depression to make today. The Great Depression, which lasted from 1929-1939, caused economic turmoil ...

Volunteers donate meals from their own tables. Or, like the volunteers we caught up with at St. Jerome's Church in Northeast Philadelphia, they cook in church or synagogue kitchens. As the economy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Thanksgiving dinner in the Great Depression was anything but depressing. Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and in a year ...

Someone in my family once told me, “I don’t believe in depression.” It was a startling statement, insulting to those of us who have experienced depressive episodes, and my reply was quick and sharp: ...