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Depression Era Recipes - Good Food on a low budget

Feeling the pinch? Ninety-something Clara Cannucciari can teach you how to survive the lean times. In a series of YouTube videos directed by her great grandson, Clara reminisces about the Great Depression ("I had to quit high school because I couldn't afford socks!"), and provides cooking tips on such Depression-era fare as Pasta with Peas (6:32), Egg Drop Soup (6:52), Poorman's Meal (6:50), Peppers and Eggs (Part 1, 5:41; Part 2, 5:47), Bread (4:08), and Depression Breakfast (6:13).

This is such a lovely site too - oh to have a great grandson to give you a voice. Everything is so well done - lots of love here

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My idea of heaven - Dan's Diner Toronto

One of my favorite films is Le Grand Bouffe - where a group of Frenchmen decide to kill themselves by eating themselves to death. Philippe Noiret expires in the last shot falling into two huge blancmanges with cherries on the tops (this is a French film).  I think I have found my Grande Bouffe.

Well as I was researching Diners for Twitter, I came across Dangerous Dan's in Toronto. Wrote Desperate Dan's in my first draft - see comments)

This winning burger - they sell 50 a week - comes from this part of the menu

Quadruple C
"Collosal Colon Clogger Combo"
24oz burger served with a quarter pound of cheese, a quarter pound of bacon, and 2 fried eggs.  Also comes with a large shake (flavor of your choice) and a small poutine.
Only  $ 22.99

Now the rest of the menu is quite normal but......

Expert help for Cooking the Christmas Dinner

This is Julia - Julia runs a fantastic food blog here.

Cooking the Christmas dinner can be a high stress job. For all of you who roast turkeys once a year - here is Julia's complete guide to ensuring that you have the best result possible. (PS the Rob she talks about is her husband not me - fortunately for me I have Robin in our kitchen)