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  • Recipe Sangria economics...
    Sangria economics...
    The Aldi Sangria All spring and summer we have been enjoying the wonderfully priced produce at Aldi.  For 99 cents I have been purchasing cantaloupes, strawberries, blueberries, kiwis, and most surprisingly, pineapples (although they[...]
  • Recipe On Chili Powder and Home Economics
    On Chili Powder and Home Economics
    Yesterday wasn't the most productive day, though I did make pizza (not shown) and chili powder (shown).  Last summer my chili plants (various species) did really well, and last summer, unlike previous summers, I learned how to properly tie up a[...]
  • Recipe Home Economics Class: It?s Not Like You Remember
    Home Economics Class: It?s Not Like You Remember
    Creative Commons image via San Jose Public Library . How do you teach Home Economics to a generation raised on Top Chef and Project Runway? For starters, it’s not Home Ec, but Family and Consumer Sciences . Cooking is[...]
  • Recipe T-2 Weeks
    T-2 Weeks
    The past week has been a whirlwind for graduate school.  Our first Macro problem set was due (if you don?t know what this is, its probably for the better?as you probably are saving HOURS of your life.)  All in all, I probably spent a full[...]
  • Recipe Kitchen Conversions
    Kitchen Conversions
    My desk has a copy of Denise Vivaldo?s brand new The Entertaining Encyclopedia . Denise is a presenter at the upcoming Camp Blogaway Bootcamp for Food & Recipe Bloggers . A powerhouse in the food styling world, this[...]
  • Recipe How to Make a Logo Apron
    How to Make a Logo Apron
    This custom logo apron is a one-of-a-kind. Cuz I made only one. Being a longtime marketer, sometimes there are opportunities when I really want to ?wear? my blog identification. It only takes three things: Apron Ink[...]
  • Recipe The secret is ?portion control?
    The secret is ?portion control?
    If you see a person who looks well maintained through the years?no gain in weight, it is possible that the person exercises and also ?exercises? portion control. This is the secret of long-term weight management. So simple. It is not something[...]
  • Recipe How to Fold A Napkin Into An Ostrich
    How to Fold A Napkin Into An Ostrich
    Tablescaping at the Lianshulu Lodge in Namibia was fanciful. Each meal was decorated with fresh-cut branches, intriguing little pods, local craft art such as warthogs and dragonflies. One evening, the napkins were folded as ostriches, and later we[...]
  • Recipe Funky But Really Useful Household Thingy
    Funky But Really Useful Household Thingy
    Home Economics 1-0-1: rubbing smelly hands on your stainless steel sink eradicates odors like fish, garlic, mildewy-rubber-glove-insides. Yup, true. But it only works with stainless steel. So, if you don?t have that, you may not be in-the-know. This[...]
  • Recipe Shirley Corriher?s Touch of Grace Biscuits
    Shirley Corriher?s Touch of Grace Biscuits
    If you?re a baking fan, you?re a Shirley Corriher fan . Renowned food scientist, writer and frequent guest on Alton Brown?s Good Eats show , Shirley delivers all that?s good about Southern cooking. And, of course, she is the author of my[...]