Feisty italian nonagenarian Clara Cannucciari who lived through the 1930s Depression in America, is rapidly becoming a global internet cookery star with her “Depression Cooking with Clara” web video series.
In the series Clara shares recipes and describes, with great charm and humor, how she and her family survived and even gained weight during the Great Depression.
Clara’s mini empire includes a website, a widely followed YouTube show, a DVD, and a Facebook page with more than 2,000 friends. St. Martin’s Press also plans to publish her cookbook this October, 80 years after the start of the Great Depression.
Clara has a helping hand with her video project in the shape of 30-year-old grandson Chris Cannucciari.
Chris realised his grandmother’s stories were especially relevant to people struggling in today’s squeezed economy and two years ago, started recording videos of his grandmother preparing the basic Depression-era fare she would eat as a girl growing up in Chicago.
To cook Depression-style, start with a sack of potatoes, a sack of flour, some onions, eggs, tomato sauce, hot dogs, and occasionally, an affordable cut of meat.
I just couldn’t let today end before posting this article and videos of Clara, she is a real gem and you’re going to love her recession busting cooking tips.
Watch a recent CBS report on Clara below and you can view seven episodes from her video series in the Time Machine TV favorites section right here…