A woman's chief pride is as the keeper of her home. This means cooking, cleaning, managing any bills she is given responsibility for, and keeping the children happy and well taught.
Cooking is one of the easiest, most essential skills a young lady should learn, and yet, we live in a culture where frozen pizza and condensed soup are ubiquitous.
I've taught myself to cook through several cooking blogs, and through watching The Food Network/Viva Channel. Many of these blogs have a secular focus, but all of them share a love of wholesome food made with love - something any father, brother or husband can appreciate!
Pioneer Woman - The original 'cowgirl' blog, with a stay at home momma who homeschools, helps her hubby's business, and cooks with lots of cream and butter! Try the Springy Shells!
The Smitten Kitchen - A bit more 'urbane' than I can usually manage, but the recipes are delicious and I like that she's honest and shows us the failures, too. Try the zucchini latkes!
Orangette - It's more 'informative about food' rather than in depth recipes, and very secular, but the articles are super informative. I like the fingerling potatoes recipe from August '08.
I also used to like Mark Bittman's blog "bitten" for the NY Times, but it's now been rolled into an enormous polyblog of several subjects, most of which seems to involve urbane and outlandish alcohol mixtures, so I can't recommend it.
However, if you see his books on sale, pick them up. They're reference books more than cookbooks, and will teach your younger sisters or daughters the basics of cooking everything from snapper to salsify!
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