Pasta and garlic? Pasta and peas? Pasta and beans?
Nope, it’s not gourmet night at the University of Florida. It’s cooking lessons from the Great Depression, as taught by a wonderful 93-year-old great-grandmother from upstate New York.
And Clara Cannucciari’s hard-won wisdom has plenty to say to us today as we struggle with our stagnant economy.
She also tells funny, poignant tales of an era when money was truly too tight to mention: Bootleggers going door to door to rent garages for illegal stills; quitting high school because she couldn’t afford socks – in other words, real hard times.
Clara did more than just survive; she’s thriving online. Apart from her series of eight videos, she has a Web site and her own Facebook page with 62 friends and counting.

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