Once better homes and gardens has a feature call smart cook . short items that change a meal. Best Cook in Town stands a big shakerful of roughly shaved milk chocolate beside a plate of butter bread....stirs a drop of almond extract into a cup of applesauce, folds in a cup of whipped cream, then chills and sprinkles with tiny chocolate bits.. cream cheese with a splash of gin and Roquefort cheese, firecracker dip for anything. Extends the beef by dropping chopped raisins into the roasting broth...places shredded cabbage in a cheesecloth bag lower to boiling water to tender and lifts to drain quickly... add a dash of chili powder to oyster stew..poach fish in cider for a perky flavor.. Hope this old column helps change someone's day.. Bud.