"Great Depression Cooking" news and stories

Remember Clara? Back in January, I shared the YouTube series Great Depression Cooking, which features the 90-something Clara Cannucciari making the foods she ate during the Great Depression.

In the last few months, she's become a bit of a sensation. There are more excellent episodes, like the one above, plus CBS notoriety. (You can see that clip after the jump.) She's now got her YouTube channel, plus a website and a Facebook account.

She calls today's generation a bunch of whiners, and I'd say she's on the money when she talks about dropping out of school to earn money, huddling around the stove to keep warm.

Seeing that her recipes average about 50 cents a serving, have any of you taken a cue from Clara?

This week's Foodie Flicks is going to be a little different. Rather than sharing a clip to help you on your culinary adventures, here's a look into cooking from the Great Depression, from the 90-something Clara Cannucciari. There are five episodes in the series, which feature Clara cooking up recipes from her past while reminiscing about life during the Depression.

In the above episode, she makes Pasta with Peas while thinking back to cooking techniques her family used to cut costs, and garage-renting bootleggers. It's quite sweet, a great way to learn about life back then, and a bit of a reality check on what actually constitutes "hard" living.