The following is a guest post by Dr. Alice of Feet First. Dr. Alice says: I almost feel as though I should start this piece with an apologia, since I think most readers of this site already know how handy the freezer can be for make-ahead meals. However, I shall forge ahead and tell you …
Cooking for company is always Fearless Friday fodder. It’s hard to know exactly how someone else will perceive the dish. Throw in a second challenge and I was quite nervous about Wednesday’s dinner. You see, I was contacted by the folks at Carnation to test a recipe using their evaporated milk. I’ve always been a …
Dear Home Ec 101, I swear you had a recipe for blade steak, but now that I have one, I can’t find it. What do I do with this cut of beef? Signed, Chuck Heather says: Well Chuck, this image helps explain exactly where a blade steak comes from. It comes from the upper shoulder …
Dear Home Ec 101, I am in the market for a new vacuum, and would love feedback on what everyone has and likes. I know you have a Dyson and love it, but not sure if my budget is Dyson or not. I read Consumer Reports, and they seemed to favor the Hoovers. Mine just …
Dear Home Ec 101, Settle this for me, please. My mother says you dust after you vacuum, my mother-in-law says you dust then vacuum. I’d rather knit sweaters for my cat from the dust bunnies, but could you settle the debate? Signed, Dust in the Wind Heather says: <sidestep>To be truthful I usually don’t dust …
Heather says: My mother passed on a lot of very frugal ways. Use a dollop of shampoo about the size of a quarter, only use a pea sized amount of toothpaste, etc. Every once in a while I get frustrated with conserving and rebel. The sad part is, I can only laugh at myself, because …
Heather says: I could offer a bunch of excuses as to why I didn’t get around to anything fearless in the kitchen this week, but I did go to that audition on Sunday. It may not seem like it online, but I’m a very shy person. I’ve spent a lot of time over the last …
Dear Home Ec 101, How come if I put a pie in the oven it’s baking, but if I put a chicken it could be called roasting or it could be called baking? Signed, Flummoxed in Florence Heather says: Some of it is cultural conditioning and evolving language as many people use the terms interchangeably, …
Heather says: Once in a while when someone blogs about food, menus, saving money and all that fun stuff that happens here on Home-Ec 101, you get noticed. A few weeks ago I was contacted by the folks running PR for Taste of Home. They have just launched a new cook book, The Taste of …
Heather says: The internet and blogs in particular have a way of offering only snapshots of our lives. It’s pretty easy to crop out the messy parts, gloss over the mistakes, and show our lives the way we think they should be rather than as they are. The Sunday Confessional is not a celebration of under …