Heather says: Here we are, another week nearly gone, and school, for us anyhow, starts on Monday. I’m more than a little excited. This has been a long summer, and I’m ready for some structure to be added to the chaos that is my work-life dance. (Anyone who dares call it a balance is going …
Heather says: Let’s start with transparency. I have had the honor of meeting Ms. Nathalie Dupree on several occasions at local book signings. She is well known in Charleston and is a pleasure to speak to. So I may be tad biased in this review, after all she calls my city home and has praised …
Heather says: I was sent a copy of the Taste of Home Cooking School Cookbook for review. (You can check out my policy on reviews up there in the navigation bar under Site Administration and Disclosure, exciting stuff, I guarantee.) I really like this cookbook, IF you keep in mind that it is geared for …
Brian says: As honorable as it might be to be able to conjure up a library of recipes off the top of one’s head, the fact remains that even professionals need to reference a page or two out of the good book. But thanks to the cataclysmic tidal wave of the “Self-Help Era”, there are …
Cookbook Reviews are a new category at Home Ec 101. Check out the Home Ec 101 review policy. Heather says: This cookbook started off with two strikes against it, I’m not a vegetarian and I have little interest in cooking light. That said, I spent two hours last night poring over the book and I …
From time to time I am asked to review cookbooks and food magazines and I typically enjoy the opportunity to pass along resources to Home Ec 101 Readers. While I do not post reviews for every book or magazine I receive, the reviews I post tend to be favorable. Sometimes there is a caveat or …
Heather says: Unless this is your first visit to this site, it should be quite clear that there are a few things I love in life: to eat, to cook, and to read. Sometimes publishers pick up on this and send me a cookbook to review. If the concept strikes my fancy, I accept. This …
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 …
Updated 2022, Originally published December 2008 I almost wish I hadn’t updated this microwave peanut butter fudge recipe. Why? It’s dangerously easy. I don’t mean it’s dangerous in that you’ll hurt yourself making it. I mean that it’s too easy to make when you are hunting for a snack and in the mood for something …
When it comes to chili, I’m not picky, really. I’ve met very few chili recipes that I haven’t enjoyed. I also know that chili recipes can be highly prized and contentious. .Some feel it isn’t chili if it contains: or that it isn’t chili if it doesn’t contain . I’m just happy you share your …