Cooking & Baking Tips: Healthy Fats, Grain Prep & Substitutes

Mastering the kitchen involves understanding healthy fat profiles, variety-specific grain preparation, and safe food handling techniques.

Cooking Techniques Baking Basics

Tricks for Baking a Red Velvet Cake From a Box

Published Oct,03 2011 | By Ginger O'Donnell

The most important trick to baking red velvet cake from a box is hiding the box and passing it off as your own.

Can You Boil Chicken First Before Frying?

Published Aug,26 2011 | By Ginger O'Donnell

There is as much advice about fried chicken as there are chickens to fry. Depending on who you talk to, boiling chicken before frying is either the only way to make this classic Southern dish or a completely unacceptable way.

Based in Chicago, Ginger O'Donnell has been writing education and food related articles since 2012. Her articles have appeared in such publications as "Dance Teacher Magazine" and "Creative Teaching and Learning." In addition, Ginger enjoys blogging about food, arts and culture on swirltocoat.com. She holds a Bachelors of Arts in Performance Studies from Northwestern University and a Masters of Arts in Teaching from Webster University.