Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 1930s farmhouse kitchen in color - Print Collector/Getty Images Quite a few staple recipes today came from the Depression era.

The history of food in a country is also the history of its economy. When countries are prosperous, it's reflected in the ingredients used in local cuisine and the size of its servings. When they're ...

Quite a few staple recipes today came from the Depression era. Necessity is the mother of invention, after all, and we saw some real innovation take hold when home cooks were scraping by with a dime ...