wartime cake with raisins sliced on a blue plate - Jessica Leyva Alarcon/Shutterstock Food and drink can often be a window into the past, from coffee's prevalence in American culture being largely ...

Ration Cake If the idea of a ration cake sounds gloomy, its other two monikers -- war cake and depression cake -- won't exactly lighten the mood. As you can probably deduce from the name, ration cake ...