Water pie, a century-old dessert with a minimal ingredient list, is resurfacing as household budgets tighten, underscoring ...

This Depression-era recipe still holds up, especially if you’re looking to bake a simple, thrifty dessert.

Our Depression-era wacky cake is moist, fluffy, and chocolately, with a tender crumb, it just happens to be vegan, and it ...

Depression-era cooking, as a subject, can be viewed as a master class in making do. The intrepid home chefs of this period, spurred by widespread economic privation and supply shortages, became adept ...

There's a well-worn saying that "tough times don't last, but tough people do." That could be the motto of the " Greatest Generation," who survived the Great Depression and then the ensuing war years.