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 ...

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.

Person stirring food in a pan that's placed on the burner. - Peopleimages/Getty Images Many decades have passed since the Great Depression, but with the economy still uncertain, Depression-era meals ...

The Great Depression lasted from 1929 to 1939. Banks failed, stocks crashed, and businesses went under, causing financial strain on the masses. Understandably, this harshly affected what people ate — ...

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 ...