For a cheap meal that punches way above its weight, consider this Depression-era potato soup made from just three common ...

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 ...

The Great Depression required home cooks to be crafty and creative with their recipes. With many ingredients scarce or too costly, these culinary geniuses had to find alternatives for eggs, butter, ...

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 ...

The Great Depression spanned from 1929 to the beginning of World War II in 1939 and was a period of economic instability and severe hardship. But according to Senior Producer Nicole McLaughlin, "it ...

Also avoid lawns that regularly use pesticides. 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 ...

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 ...