They may be old-fashioned, but these Depression-era desserts make good use of cheap pantry staples. However, they're a rare ...

The Great Depression marked a time when roughly three quarters of American families still managed to get by, though making ...

People are looking for all kinds of creative solutions to save. Perhaps we can dust off some old family recipes that helped the Greatest Generation through some of the toughest years in American ...

This 19th-century dessert came to be when the crepes' surrounding liqueur caught fire—unintentionally flambéing the whole ...

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 ...

Wacky Cake – The Chocolate Miracle That Used No Eggs People during the Depression called these chocolate cakes "Crazy Cakes" or "Wacky Cakes" because they used no eggs, butter, or milk. Instead of ...