for The Fence Post For thrifty homemakers, many fruits and vegetables would soon come at too dear a cost — the widespread desperation of the Great Depression was just beginning when the Good Housekeeping Institute published its 1930 cookbook, “Meals Tested, Tasted and Approved.” Jaunty recipes on the now-yellowed, food-stained pages — which still lay between the red and white striped cover — must have become mid-20th century treats. Others prepared with down-to-earth basic ingredients likely graced tables more frequently. Cauliflower Timbales, for example. But before discovering tha...