If you only use kitchen shears to open packaging, to cut twine, or on the rare occasion when you summon up the courage to tackle that spatchcocked chicken recipe, you are seriously underutilizing your ...

DEAR HELOISE: If you don't have any kitchen or food shears, try tinsnips. The idea came to me while trying to remove the backbone of a chicken. I washed them first, and they worked great! I was able ...