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Several types of supplies, readily available at crafts and fabric stores, make it easy to put a patch on a jacket, or any other garment, without a needle and thread.

Puff pastry is one of the most useful ingredients to keep on hand -- in commercial and home kitchens -- because of its versatility in both sweet and savory preparations. It freezes beautifully, and prepared pastries can be baked while frozen or thawed.

Vinaigrette salad dressing is flavorful, but it can also be so watery that it drips off your salad. There are many ways to thicken vinaigrette dressing to help make it stick to your greens. Some alternatives add extra flavor and some are too subtle to taste, but all provide what you need.

Puff pastry and croissants, when done well, are some of the lightest, flakiest and most delicate pastries in a baker's repertoire. They bake to a high and crisp finish, with a golden brown color and plainly visible layers of delicately flaky dough.

A side of crispy bacon sits next to your plate of scrambled eggs. Crumbled pieces of bacon add crunch to everything from salads to ice cream sundaes. Don’t forget about the salty addition of bacon to the perfect hamburger. No matter how you serve your bacon, the popularity of this pork product is gaining in the U.S.

Beer is not the most intuitive beverage to pair with the creamy, ultra-rich pasta dish known as fettuccine Alfredo. After all, the dish is Italian in origin -- and the Italians are not known to be big beer drinkers.

Cured salt pork and smoked ham hock are quite dissimilar in their flavor, texture, fat content and salt content. Salt pork is almost pure pork fat, while smoked ham hock is a fatty cut of meat. They do appear in some similar recipes, but that doesn't mean salt pork is a good substitute for ham hock.

Stromboli is an Italian dish consisting of savory fillings wrapped in dough. You can make stromboli out of any ingredients you wish, including meat, cheese and vegetables. A classic stromboli usually has salami, provolone cheese and roasted red peppers tucked inside a pizza-like dough, similar to a calzone.

Mascarpone originated in Italy and it is a thick, creamy cheese made from cream and citric or acetic acid. If you cannot locate mascarpone cheese in your grocery store, several everyday ingredients can stand-in for the hard to find cheese. You can also make it at home in lieu of purchasing it in the grocery store.

A white puffy coat is wonderful for winter, as its color looks crisp and seasonal, and the down or down-alternative filling keeps you extra cozy and warm. Washing a puffy coat requires a careful approach to avoid damage and the risk of flattening the filling. Use gentle detergents and cool cycles.