Cheryl

Cheryl

Cheryl Fisher Driggs received her education in Food Science and Nutrition at Brigham Young University. She has had a personal food storage and emergency preparedness program since 1974 and has been teaching food storage and preparedness since 1977. She does personal research in food preservation and implements her food science background and experience in feeding a family of 7 in her recipe development. She was chair of the Houston Northwest Chamber of Commerce Emergency Preparedness Task Force and sat on the steering committee for the Houston Extreme Weather Ready Expo. She is a survivor of hurricanes, tropical storms, typhoons, droughts, and extreme winter storms.
  • Joined: May 25, 2022
  • Articles: 190

Hurricane Harvey Remembered – Part VI

Before and after photos of Hurricane Harvey

The newspaper article “Damage outside flood plain exposes flaws” was printed in the Sunday, April 1, 2018 Houston Chronicle. The following quotes are from that article: “Hurricane Harvey damaged more than 204,000 homes and apartment buildings in Harris County, almost…

Stewardships

Homemade artisan bread

One definition of stewardship is “the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one’s care.” Doctrine and Covenants 72:3-4 helps to put into perspective the value of our earthly or temporal stewardships. “…for it is required of the Lord,…

Cyber Attacks and Empty Shelves

A computer screen with sign on bar

An article appeared in the bottom left corner of page 12 of The Times on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. The title was “Co-op shelves empty after hack causes supply chaos.” Co-op markets are cooperative grocery stores all over the UK…

Canning Cherries

Home canned sweet cherries in pint jars

There are a number of recipes we like that require canned cherries, either tart or sweet. Canned cherries are quite expensive at the grocery store, if you can even find them. Fresh cherries can be expensive if you don’t live…