Ask a home ec teacher

In this edition of Ask A Home Ec Teacher, we turn to the kitchen, that sometimes-daunting arena where moms and Home Ec teachers (who are like moms squared) almost always have the upper hand.

Problem: You know how when you've made the effort to really commit to making an awesome dinner, perhaps even going so far as to do little restaurant-style flourishes of parsley or sauce swirls on the rims of the plates (ok, me neither, but play along), the idea of actually standing in the kitchen scrubbing dishes afterwards is enough to turn your stomach? The first solution should be, naturally, for someone else to do the dishes—say, someone who ate the delicious meal that you just prepared. But if that's not going to happen, you really don't have to fire up the elbow grease all over again to clean cemented-on caramelized onions from your favorite pan. Instead, try this easy Home Ec teacher trick... Read More »