I tried a chocolate-cake recipe with no eggs or dairy that dates back to the Great Depression. Known as "Depression cake," the penny-pinching recipe is useful now due to the high price of eggs. I didn ...

Rising food costs and economic uncertainty have Americans reaching into their grandparents' recipe boxes. S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics. By now, prices of food at home have risen by ...

I tried 'Depression cake,' a vintage recipe from the Great Depression with no eggs or dairy, and it's my new favorite dessert ...

During a time when basic ingredients were rationed, people got creative and found unique ways to put together whatever they had on hand to bake. For example, H2O was used to make water pie, a popular ...

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 ...

The Great Depression led to the creation and popularization of some unique desserts, including this pie that used an unusual ...