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 ...

The Great Depression didn't just reshape the American economy. It rewrote the country's entire relationship with food. The 1930s are remembered as one of the toughest eras in American history, with ...

Herbert Hoover served as president through the first years of the Depression and was commonly seen as doing little to alleviate the country's problems. As a result, the name Hoover became a byword for ...