‘Great Depression Cooking With Clara’ stories
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Your investments have disappeared. Your vacation fund has vaporized. New clothes for spring are only a daydream. But you have to eat.
Clara knows what she’s talking about. She was born in 1915 in Chicago, and says she quit high school to work in a factory as a teenager. These days, she shares her wisdom from upstate New York. Some Los Angeles residents, including Pat Box (at right), recently shared their memories of Depression-era food with The Times.
-- Mary MacVean
