WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

home economics
    n 1: theory and practice of homemaking [syn: home economics,
         home ec, domestic science, household arts]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

34 Moby Thesaurus words for "home economics":
   baking, barbecuing, basting, boiling, braising, brewing, broil,
   broiling, catering, cookery, cooking, cuisine, culinary science,
   domestic economy, domestic management, domestic science, frying,
   grilling, homemaking, housekeeping, housewifery, husbandry, menage,
   nutrition, pan-broiling, poaching, roasting, sauteing, searing,
   shirring, simmering, steeping, stewing, toasting