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 ...

Loaf of peanut butter bread with chocolate chips - Photos By T/Shutterstock In times of need, human ingenuity often shines. One great example of this is in Depression-era recipes like Hoover stew; ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Great Depression (1929-1939) was one of the hardest economic periods in American history. With unemployment reaching 25%, ...