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 ...

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 ...

Water pie has a gelatinous texture, so the filling resembles that of a chess pie. You can switch up your water pie's flavor ...

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 ...

During the Great Depression, families still hosted Thanksgiving dinners and what they managed to whip up wasn’t dreary or ...

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 ...

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: ...