Alive! Expo at GWCC May 4-5
Alive! Expo returns to the Georgia World Congress Center on May 4-5 for a weekend of health, wellness and green living events. During the weekend, an expected15,000 attendees will sample and learn about natural products, organic foods, eco-friendly products, attend cooking demonstrations, interactive fitness demos, health lectures and sample organic food and wine. There will [...]
Schoolyard Sprouts encourages gardening
By Clare S. Richie Six years ago, Teresa Groshans saw a need for healthier choices at her kindergartner’s school cafeteria. Rather than just focus on her daughter’s lunch, she started a school garden. “Every Wednesday, I met each kindergarten class in the garden for period of instruction, activities, and tastings. The garden brought joy to [...]
Green Insider: Outdoor activities essential for kids
By Laura Turner Seydel Everyone knows I’m passionate about the environment. One of the main reasons for that is that I spent a great deal of time in my childhood outside. Being outdoors, actually seeing how each and every part of our natural systems work, is so vital to understanding and appreciating Mother Nature. And [...]
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day
By Christine Fallucco Mud Pie Cooking School You and your child can reap both healthy and priceless benefits throughout a day by starting it with a nutritious breakfast that you have made together. What makes breakfast an important meal? The obvious might be that it kick-starts your metabolism giving you energy and enabling you to [...]
Hunger Run/Walk: Running in memory of a friend
By Brandon Sutton One year ago on a sunny winter day, I did something I never thought I would do; I ran a 5k during the Hunger Walk/Run, benefiting the Atlanta Community Food Bank. Despite telling myself since high school that I wasn’t a runner, I decided to give the run a try. My friend [...]
Chinese Southern Belle: Gluten-free Asian food
By Natalie Keng “Does this have gluten in it?” I hear this question almost every time I do a class or a demonstration. As a culinary and cultural instructor for Asian cooking classes and international market tours, I find myself both a subject matter expert and a student of cooking: teaching, interpreting and learning about [...]
