Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I tried a chocolate-cake recipe with no eggs or dairy that dates back to the Great Depression. Known as "Depression cake," the ...

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 ...

As food prices soar and economic uncertainty continues to mount, historians are witnessing something remarkable: Depression-era classics like "Water Pie" and "Wacky Cake" are making an unexpected ...