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 ...

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 ...

Grandma knew how to scrimp and save every last penny with these thrifty meals. Find delicious, budget-friendly ideas for main ...

Think about the last time you rummaged through your pantry, determined to create something decent with just flour, sugar, and ...

I’ve eaten lamb maybe once before. Maybe. I don't recall disliking it, not at all. That said, it seems like my taste in meats — chicken, beef and pork — are pretty much in line with the vast majority ...

What if you could create all those cozy flavors of the all-American pie, with no fruit at all? This may sound like an impossible feat, but a famous Great Depression-era recipe shows you that this ...

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 ...

Our Depression-era wacky cake is moist, fluffy, and chocolately, with a tender crumb, it just happens to be vegan, and it comes together in the baking pan.

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: ...