Water pie has a gelatinous texture, so the filling resembles what you'd find in a chess pie. You can switch up your water pie ...

Poorman’s Meal This next recipe comes to us courtesy of Clara Cannucciari. She lived through the Great Depression, and her grandson recorded her recipes on YouTube. Though she is no longer with us, ...

Rising food costs and economic uncertainty have Americans reaching into their grandparents' recipe boxes. S.Labor ...

To say the Great Depression changed the way Americans ate would be an understatement. Home cooks dropped or reduced the use of costly ingredients like meat, dairy, and eggs. Today, while these foods ...

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 ...

Looking for ways to save money in the kitchen without sacrificing flavor? In this video, Nicole makes 10 Great Depression–era recipes that prove resourceful cooking can still be delicious nearly a ...

Back in the ‘30s, it was pretty clear that recipes printed in the Montgomery Advertiser were geared toward women — toward housewives. At the time, you've got to wonder if men realized how much actual ...

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 ...