"All About Home Economics" is a nostalgic home economics schoolbook that has become a much prized possession in homes across Ireland. Containing easy recipes, basic sewing techniques it is still an indispensable guide to running a home. "All About Home Economics" was first published in 1983. It was the seminal text for Irish students studying Home Economics for over 15 years. The author, Deirdre Madden, was a Home Economics teacher in Dalkey Ireland. "All About Home Economics" is the result of her passion for a subject that she felt was truly important to students - life skills. Deirdre wrote many textbooks for inter cert, junior cert and leaving certificate in Ireland, some of which are still being used in classrooms throughout Ireland today.