During the Great Depression, ingredients like eggs and butter were expensive and scarce. Amid the shortages and economic turmoil, bakers got creative with a recipe known as "Depression cake" or "wacky ...

Home chefs and bakers shared their Great Depression recipes that have been passed down to help others get inventive and save ...

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The most common recipe, simply called Depression Cake, calls for raisins, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice to create a sweet but punchy flavor. As this requires no milk, eggs or butter, it is also an ...

Last week I was rearranging some things in my kitchen and I came across my great-grandmother Ruth’s recipe for chocolate cake, scribbled on a yellowing index card. My middle name is Ruth, in honor of ...

Something strange and genuinely fascinating is happening in kitchens across America. People are pulling out their ...

Grandparents often have some, well, odd wisdom to share. Like the time I had a sore throat and my grandpa told me to take silver nitrate — not exactly conventional. Sometimes their advice came from a ...