It's hard to imagine that the average American family had 40% less money in 1933 compared to 1929. In response to such a steep and sudden decline in income, everyone had to get creative in the kitchen ...

Men line up for free soup, coffee, and doughnuts during Great Depression. - Bettmann/Getty Images Meatloaf. Mashed potatoes. Breakfast all day, every day. A cup of coffee that always seems to be full.

The Political Meal That Fed Families Herbert Hoover served as president through the first years of the Depression and was ...

Great words make for a great play, but great acting makes for a great performance. Tennessee Williams provided the former for "The Glass Menagerie"; the cast at Little Rock's Arkansas Repertory ...

Notorious gangster Al Capone attempts to help unemployed men with his soup kitchen "Big Al's Kitchen for the Needy." The kitchen provides three meals a day consisting of soup with meat, bread, coffee, ...

SAN ANTONIO — In the years before America entered World War II, the country was fighting its way through the Great Depression. President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal had many components to create job ...