The Great Depression rolled through the nation in 1930, and families did not have jobs or savings to fall back on. Eggs, milk ...

Chicken was hard to come by during the Great Depression, but this handy gadget made poultry-less diners feel like they were ...

Supper once followed rules of stretch, share, and save. These are the habits from hard times that still whisper lessons at the table today.

A homemade pie cooling in a window with a glass jar of milk and a cat - Tom Kelley/Getty Images When the stock market crashed in 1929, the United States entered the Great Depression. For a decade, ...

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 ...

The depression-era produced a lot of creative recipes. Many didn't stick, but some, like this breakfast meal, helped pioneer ...

It's a good bet that no one would guess that the sublime Sugar Cream Pie traces its roots back to the Depression era. The favorite of many a family is one of countless recipes from that period, a ...

Families during the Great Depression made every resource count, and many of their methods remain useful. Their approach shows how thoughtful planning in the kitchen can keep food costs low without ...