How To: Make jams and preserves
Step 1 Wash your canning jars, along with their lids and screw bands, in very hot, soapy water. Rinse well and let them air dry. Check for cracks and chips before using.
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How To: Can fruits
Make the most of summer's bounty by learning how to preserve it for winter. You Will Need
How To: Make the cheerleading squad
Got school spirit? The cheerleading squad's the perfect place for you. Here's how to make the team. Step 1
How To: Find someone to sit with in the cafeteria
Everybody knows it really shouldn’t matter, but sometimes entering a school cafeteria without a lunch mate can seem like walking the plank. Here’s how to survive the stroll.
How To: Care For a hookbill bird
Hook-billed birds are the ones in the parrot family—from petite parakeets to massive macaws. Here’s some stuff you should know if there’s going to be a hookbill in the house.
How To: Turn a used vinyl record into a bowl
Don't toss that old LP! A few minutes in the oven and you can have a bowl that will be a real conversation piece. Watch this video to learn how to turn a used vinyl record into a bowl.
How To: Be a good host
Learn how to be a good host. Party-planning can be tricky, but you don't have to be Martha Stewart to be a good host.
How To: Plant a vegetable garden
Grow some of your own food by starting a vegetable garden. You'll eat better and save money. You Will Need
How To: Break your sugar addiction with Frank Lipman, M.D.
Lose weight and have more energy by taking the refined sugar out of your diet. Learn how to break your sugar addiction with this how to video.
How To: Make "Halaweh" (natural hair remover)
This all-natural hair remover, called halaweh in Arabic, has been used in Middle Eastern homes for centuries. A natural hair removal technique may be a good alternative for you to salon waxing. Learn how to remove hair with Halaweh.
How To: Extend the life of your iPhone battery
Low battery – two words you never want to hear. Banish them with these tips. You Will Need
How To: Maintain your RV water heater
Stop guessing if you need to take your RV into a service center, answers are here in this tutorial video. Learn how to maintain the water heater on your RV.
How To: Shape falafels with a falafel press
Falafels area delicious treat to eat. Watch this how to video to learn how to make a middle eastern snack, the falafel. Observe how the Podchef uses a falafel press to make this deep fried snack. They are so easy to make, anyone can make them at home.
How To: Make Ross Mueller's blue wing olive emerger in fishing
Tight Lines Fly Fishing Co. proudly presents Ross Mueller Tying his BWO emerger. Enjoy a great fishing game with this great lure while fishing. This how-to shows how to properly make a blue wing olive emerger and this make a great hook, that fish just love to eat.
How To: Treat insomnia with home remedies
This Diet & Health how to video explores different approaches to treating insomnia.
How To: Treat an enlarged prostate with a healthy diet
This Diet & Health how to video discusses natural, healthy ways to prevent an enlarged prostrate, erectile dysfunction and more. Treating an enlarge prostate can be as simple as eating tomatoes and broccoli. To aid with erectile dysfunction you could try chili, chocolate, fenugreek, or nutmeg. Watch to learn more about treating an enlarged prostate and erectile dysfunction with a nutritional diet.
How To: Bake naan bread with honey and yogurt
This naan is much better than any restaurant you have ever been too. Watch this how to video to see how its done. Naan can be eaten with just about anything. Serve as an appetizer with curries or soups.
How To: Pick meat crab after it has been steamed
Eating any type of shellfish can be messy especially if you don't know the right way to remove the meat. This how-to video demonstrates how to pick the meat from a cooked crab. Remove the legs, grab a small knife and start cracking open the sell to uncover the delicious crab meat.
How To: Skin a squirrel
Check out this video to learn how-to quickly and easily skin a squirrel. This is about as easy as it gets to prepare your squirrel for eating.
How To: Make French vanilla fruit parfait
The kids will love making this parfait - it's like edible sand art! Layer chocolate and caramel syrups, fruit, Blue Bunny French Vanilla Ice Cream, cranberry compote and granola into glasses for a treat that's as fun to look at as it is to eat. Watch this video tutorial for step-by-step instructions on how to prepare this parfait for dessert.
How To: Block carbs naturally
Dr. Harry Preuss explains how natural carb blockers work at stopping carbs from being absorbed into the body, so people can still eat carbohydrates.
How To: Cook beef in a crock pot
This how to video demonstrates how to cook beef in your crock pot. Its a great idea if you want to cook a large amount of beef to eat over several days.
How To: Make vegan apple cinnamon granola
Angela is back! If that's not enough to start your day right all by itself, she's going to show you how to make your own granola, because if there's one thing people think vegans eat, it's granola! Isn't it about time you did your part for the cause?
How To: Raise sheep on a farm
In these videos on raising farm animals, learn some of the basic facts about sheep. Our expert naturalist will discuss the major characteristics of this bovine species, including different types of sheep, types and colors of wool, eating habits and digestion (it is a ruminant animal), how to raise and handle a sheep, how to go about buying a sheep of your own, signs of disease, when to shear, how to tell a ewe and a ram apart, and how to breed sheep.
How To: Cope with early labor
This video discusses how to deal with early labor. The most important thing is to eat and drink when you first realize you are in labor.
How To: All the iPhone Accessories You'll Need for Back to School
Whether you're in high school or college, you no doubt will have your iPhone in your pocket all day long. To make your iPhone last the whole time and even help you out with your studies, these are the accessories you'll want to get your hands on.
News: Century-Old Finding May Show the Way to Create Vaccines Against Toxic Strep Infections
Infections with group A streptococcus, like Streptococcus pyogenes, claim over a half million lives a year globally, with about 163,000 due to invasive strep infections, like flesh-eating necrotizing fasciitis and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome.
Soil Science: How Microbes Make Compost to Feed the Soil
Are you looking for a little microbe magic? Think composting. Composting is a great way to reuse food and plant waste that you would otherwise throw into the trash, which would just end up in a landfill somewhere. During the composting cycle, microbes reduce this organic waste until it can be fed back into the soil as rich, crumbly compost. When returned to the soil, compost feeds plants and improves the nature of life underground. Sound like a great idea? It is — and it's easy.
News: How Livestock Farts Lead to a Warmer Climate
When it comes to global warming, most of us think of carbon dioxide emissions. While carbon dioxide is the most important greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide emissions have stayed constant for the last three years. On the other hand, methane, the second most important gas, has been steadily rising since 2007.
News: Pasteurization Has Saved Millions of Lives, So Why Do People Want to Drink Raw Milk?
For some, drinking raw milk is a way to get back to nature, improve family nutrition, and hedge against asthma and allergies. However, according to public health authorities, drinking raw or unpasteurized milk is a big mistake—even fatal. So what's the story?
How To: Make Light but Rich Salad Dressings by Whipping Them
Salad isn't very exciting—and neither is salad dressing. You're either eating rabbit fodder drenched in a too-sour vinaigrette or too-heavy, leaf-wilting dressing like Thousand Island or French.
How To: 15 Lightning-Fast Dishes for the Chronically Impatient
My husband's and my daily schedules are constantly changing. Frankly, it's complete chaos sometimes, so I can't plan to have elaborate dinners on the table at six o'clock every day. And by the time we actually get to eating in the evening, we've become so hungry that our moods have taken a nosedive.
News: 10 Matzo Dishes That Will Make Passover Way More Bearable
With Passover soon upon us, many Jews are dreading a week (or eight days for Conservative and Orthodox Jews) of making matzo, the staple of their diet. Matzo is also known as "the bread of affliction," and I'm pretty sure it's because by day three or so you're convinced that matzo is the 11th plague.
How To: These Easy Hacks Transform Trader Joe's Frozen Foods into Gourmet Feasts
If you have a local Trader Joe's, you know first-hand how enchanting the frozen aisles are—almost every item offers the promise of a delicious meal or dessert. (We're always tempted to open the package and eat the cookie butter cheesecake, stat.)
News: This Tropical Fruit Is Actually as American as Apple Pie
If you think that "pawpaw" is just an affectionate name for your grandfather or a cute way of talking about your cat's feet, you're missing out on one of the most interesting fruits out there.
How To: 20 Easy Dips You Can Make in 5 Minutes or Less Using Your Food Processor
Hands down, chips and dip are the best entertainment foods to ever exist. This fact can be confirmed in an instant by any grocery shopper strolling down the chip isle on Super Bowl Sunday or New Year's Eve. However, you may want to hold off on buying those standard salsas or dips at the store—especially if you own a food processor.
News: Fantastic Food Deals for Super Bowl 50
The big day is nearly here... Super Bowl 50 kicks off this Sunday, February 7, at 3:30 p.m. PST (6:30 p.m. EST). And whether you're having a giant party or watching the game on your big-screen TV by yourself, there's one thing you probably won't be doing: cooking food in your kitchen.
How To: Cook Any Cuisine Perfectly by Knowing the Right Ingredients to Use, Part 2
Eating out is great, but being able to cook the delicious ethnic foods you eat at restaurants is even better. It may seem daunting to put together a bunch of ingredients with which you might not be familiar (some with names you've never even heard of!), but with the guidelines below, you'll be making your own versions of ethnic favorites in no time.
Good Veggies Gone Bad: When to Throw Out Those Onions, Mushrooms, & Greens in Your Fridge
Most of us lead busy, work-filled lives, often clocking in a 9-to-5 five days a week. And when that clock signifies the hour to leave, the last thing on anyone's mind is: "Time to go to the grocery store to pick up more fresh produce!" (Well, to be fair... maybe more people are psyched about this, but I know with certainty that I am not one of them.)
How To: No-Stress Thanksgiving Desserts That Don't Require an Oven
Oven space is scarce on that fated fourth Thursday of November. Even if you can find a spare space for pumpkin pie on the bottom shelf, you risk turkey drippings overflowing from above and ruining your beautiful dessert — not to mention a burnt crust from different temperature requirements. The bottom line is: oven real estate is valuable, and it's tough to multitask cooking for Thanksgiving when every dish requires baking or roasting.