http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/smarteating/?cxntfid=blogs_smart_eating An Atlanta blog guiding you to good cooking, food shopping and eating choices. en-us bposhea@ajc.com 2009-01-06T13:31:57-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 An Atlanta blog guiding you to good cooking, food shopping and eating choices. http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/smarteating/entries/2009/01/06/eating_green_vs_eating_vegetar.html?cxntfid=blogs_smart_eating Fit to Eat columnist Chris Rosenbloom interviewed dietitian Kate Geagan about American eating habits. She asked Geagan for her top three tips for consumers to go green: The answer: 1: Eat more plants and cut down on beef and dairy.... 9863703@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/smarteating/ Healthy eating 2009-01-06T13:31:57-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/smarteating/entries/2008/11/28/wine_in_plastic_bottles_its_ha.html?cxntfid=blogs_smart_eating AJC Writer Shelley Emling reports that a French company is shipping wine in plastic bottles. She reports: First there were plastic corks. Now there’s another reason for wine snobs to turn up their noses — plastic bottles. With an eye... 9127503@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/smarteating/ Groceries 2008-11-28T16:25:25-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/smarteating/entries/2008/11/19/lean_cuisine_recalls_frozen_ch.html?cxntfid=blogs_smart_eating Nestle Prepared Foods Co. is recalling about 879,565 pounds of frozen chicken meals that may contain foreign materials, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Tuesday. Read the news story USDA’s recall information page... 8932403@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/smarteating/ Food Safety 2008-11-19T09:39:51-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/smarteating/entries/2008/10/20/john_kessler_good_day_atlanta.html?cxntfid=blogs_smart_eating AJC Food writer John Kessler appeared on Fox 5’s Good Day Atlanta program to share some ideas about eating well on a budget. He demonstrated a kid-friendly recipe, Curry Rice, with chicken, Coke Pork (pork braised in Coca-Cola) and some... 8136203@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/smarteating/ Groceries 2008-10-20T11:22:31-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/smarteating/entries/2008/10/16/holiday_dinner_help.html?cxntfid=blogs_smart_eating Evening Edge launched a new Dinner Dare this week from Atlanta chef Linton Hopkins, and we are now at work on the Thanksgiving Dinner Dare. The idea of Dinner Dare is to get a chef to cook the way you... 8051503@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/smarteating/ 2008-10-16T11:20:28-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/smarteating/entries/2008/10/02/chickfila_trans_fat.html?cxntfid=blogs_smart_eating Chick-fil-A has eliminated artificial trans fat from its menu, the Atlanta-based chicken chain said Thursday. The announcement came the same day that Miami-based Burger King said it was cooking with trans-fat free oils. All menu ingredients also would have zero... 7716403@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/smarteating/ Healthy eating 2008-10-02T14:26:36-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/smarteating/entries/2008/09/24/best_chili_recipe.html?cxntfid=blogs_smart_eating Devotees of chili will descend on Stone Mountain Park on Saturday for the Miller Lite Chili Cook-off, to sample the work of more than 300 teams competing for this year’s chili bragging rights. Which got us to thinking about chili... 7510703@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/smarteating/ Local Food 2008-09-24T17:11:15-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/smarteating/entries/2008/09/23/testing_claims_of_miracle_food.html?cxntfid=blogs_smart_eating Dark chocolate, Vitamin B, blueberries have at least two things in common. They each are associated with claims that they can make you healthier. And they are are examined in a new book by Atlanta author Robert Davis, “The Healthy... 7468703@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/smarteating/ Healthy eating 2008-09-23T11:16:30-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/smarteating/entries/2008/09/10/school_snack_rotation.html?cxntfid=blogs_smart_eating At some metro Atlanta elementary schools, snack-time comes courtesy of the parents. The daily treat might be sliced apples, cheese and crackers or a chocolate chip cookie. At some schools, the treats are provided by parents as part of a... 7149003@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/smarteating/ 2008-09-10T17:49:34-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/smarteating/entries/2008/09/05/food_borne_illness.html?cxntfid=blogs_smart_eating Most of us have experienced food poisoning only as a short, unpleasant, bout of diarrhea or abdominal pain. But according to researchers a small group of people have or will develop long-term health problems from food poisoning. And researchers say... 6603503@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/smarteating/ Food Safety 2008-09-05T13:15:34-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/smarteating/entries/2008/08/27/reinvent.html?cxntfid=blogs_smart_eating I ate lunch recently at Joel, a north Atlanta restaurant that’s in the process of reinventing itself. Chef and part-owner Joel Antunes left earlier this year for New York’s famed Plaza Hotel, to head the revamped hotel’s Oak Room. Cyrille... 6356403@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/smarteating/ Dining out 2008-08-27T13:32:55-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/smarteating/entries/2008/08/22/irradiate.html?cxntfid=blogs_smart_eating Spinach and iceberg lettuce can be irradiated to kill harmful bacteria, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Friday. Read the latest news story What does that mean? Irradiation is ionizing radiation, applied to food as gamma rays from radioisotopes,... 6231103@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/smarteating/ Food Safety 2008-08-22T14:59:25-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/smarteating/entries/2008/08/18/specialtystores.html?cxntfid=blogs_smart_eating Evening Edge is putting together a list of specialty food markets and gourmet cookware stores around Atlanta that are great resources for cooks. I’ve got favorite places to buy hard-to-find items, or meats raised without antibiotics or hormones, or frozen... 6095803@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/smarteating/ Groceries 2008-08-18T13:40:40-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/smarteating/entries/2008/08/13/cuttingupchicken.html?cxntfid=blogs_smart_eating One of the surest ways to save money on food is to buy a whole chicken and cut it up yourself. There’s just one problem with this strategy for many people: They hate touching raw chicken. How much do cooks... 5983603@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/smarteating/ Groceries 2008-08-13T11:42:26-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/smarteating/entries/2008/08/08/schoollunch.html?cxntfid=blogs_smart_eating I went to meet-and-greet at my twins’ elementary school yesterday, and got a look at the lunch menu for the next two weeks. Along with the usual suspects — teriyaki chicken nuggets with rice and a breadstick, fish sticks with... 5878403@http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/smarteating/ Healthy eating 2008-08-08T17:17:36-05:00