I just fell in love. She’s my everything. She is my dream woman. She’s the cutest person in the world, and her name is Clara Cannucciari. She’s a buzz-making rising star on the internet foodie circuit. All this, and she’s 93 years old.
This recession is no sweat for great-grandmother Clara. She’s been through all this before. For those of us who think switching from name-brand to store-brand is a lifestyle challenge, Clara has been through some really hard times. That’s right, the hard times that everyone keeps referencing during this current recession: The Great Depression. Clara’s seen it all. No lie.
Growing up in the 1930s, her family taught her how to eat for cheap. Whipping up Depression-era staples like “Poorman’s Breakfast” and “Cooked Bread” with that mix of kind sincerity and desire to feed people that grandmothers really make their specialty, her online cooking show, “Depression Cooking With Clara”, has blow up over the nets and recently landed Clara an appearance on Good Morning America. Updated through her own YouTube channel, the show is equal parts tales of the old days and affordable eats as Clara shows us how to cook and also reminds us to stay positive when times get tough with stories about how she survived the last big money-crunch.
With over 400,000 hits and hundreds of loving comments on her own Facebook Fan Page, Clara’s clearly doing something right. Plus, how many 93 year-olds do you know who’re dominating YouTube? It’s only a matter of time until she gets her own Twitter.
Clara’s about to take over the culinary-recession world, Martha Stewart styles. In the works are a DVD and cook book, both of which you can check out on her fan blog. Her recipe’s budgets might be small, but Clara is definitely big time.
Check out some episodes of “Depression Cooking With Clara” and fall in love with the lady herself:
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