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Archive for February 2010

February 5, 2010

Super Bowl Party Foods 

a bowl of buffalo chili

Earth Eats Greens Your Superbowl Party

It's Super Bowl weekend and whether or not you're a sports fan, we have winter party foods for you on this episode of Earth Eats.

February 12, 2010

Valentine's Day 

chef daniel orr feeds earth eats host annie corrigan a fresh strawberry dipped in chocolate

Celebrate Valentine’s Day: Warm Chocolate And Mulled Wine

Whether or not you're spending your Valentine's Day with someone special, this week on Earth Eats we've got some great recipes to add romance to your life.

February 19, 2010

Perfect Pizza Pie 

a pizza just out of the oven

Seasonal Year-Round: Baking The Perfect Homemade Pizza Pie

Today on the podcast: tips for making pizza at home, a recipe for pizza crust and then some topping inspiration to get your culinary creative juices flowing

February 26, 2010

Apples Apples Apples 

apple pie without top crust

Celebrating Good Keepers: Apple Pies And Apple Butter

Two apple recipes on the podcast today: apple pie and apple butter, and our special guest Gary Nabhan talks about heirloom apples and eating local.

February 9, 2010

Healthy Kids 

brown and white sugar cubes arranged in a checkerboard pattern

Do Not Fail To Plan: Saying No To Sugar

As busy parents, it is not always easy to create healthy meals that our kids will eat, but removing the sugar is an important step in raising healthy kids.

February 9, 2010

Valentine's Day 

An assortment of chocolate truffles.

Stay In This Valentine’s Day: A Holiday Feast For 8, On A Budget

Single or attatched, go green this Valentine's day by inviting all your friends over for a frugal, yet delicious meal.

February 11, 2010

Winter Soups 

a wall of shelves filled with canned vegetables in glass jars

Feast From The Pantry: Easy Vegetable Soup

No time to make vegetable soup from scratch: No problem! Whip up a delicious vegetable soup in no time just by using preserved vegetables from your pantry.

February 11, 2010

Food Theaters 

Jamie Oliver in the kitchen

Naked Chef Jamie Oliver Wins 2010 TED Prize

Jamie Oliver won the 2010 TED Prize for his wish to travel around the country and teach kids the fundamentals of cooking fun, tasty, healthy food.

February 11, 2010

Childhood Obesity 

Michelle Obama applauds children involved in her "Let's Move" campaign.

Michelle Obama: “Let’s Move” On Healthier Lifestyles For American Kids

On Tuesday, Michelle Obama launched her "Let's Move" campaign which aims to combat the child obesity epidemic that plagues our country.

February 15, 2010

Bread Recipes 

loaf of freshly baked bread

Homemade Bread: The Food Of Love

Forget squishy, industrial loaves, margarine and sugar free jam. In our house, bread, butter and jam are the real deal with sugar and fat.

February 17, 2010

Food Science 

Tomato pizza on a pizza stone

Baking The Perfect Homemade Pizza: How Do Pizza Stones Work?

Chemist Leigh Krietsch Boerner explains why pizza stones produce such scrumptious crusts.

February 24, 2010

Local Food Rockstars 

gary paul nabhan

Gary Paul Nabhan: “Father Of Local Food Movement”

Earth Eats' complete interview with Gary Paul Nabhan, an ethnobotanist, professor and author, who has been called the "Father of the Local Food Movement"

February 25, 2010

Food Labeling 

an egg with an expiration date

Expiration Dates Don’t Necessarily Indicate Expiration

Food writer Nadia Arumugam found that expiration dates are often too conservative, lack standardization and are better indicators of optimum taste than safety.

February 25, 2010

Permaculture 

Black bee on gandul

Building A Sustainable Future: Permaculture In El Salvador

The Permaculture Institute of El Salvador is re-building sustainable agriculture in a country devastated by years of violence and environmental degradation.

February 11, 2010

Winter Soups 

a wall of shelves filled with canned vegetables in glass jars

Feast From The Pantry: Easy Vegetable Soup

No time to make vegetable soup from scratch: No problem! Whip up a delicious vegetable soup in no time just by using preserved vegetables from your pantry.

February 15, 2010

Bread Recipes 

loaf of freshly baked bread

Homemade Bread: The Food Of Love

Forget squishy, industrial loaves, margarine and sugar free jam. In our house, bread, butter and jam are the real deal with sugar and fat.

February 26, 2010

Apples Apples Apples 

apple pie without top crust

Celebrating Good Keepers: Apple Pies And Apple Butter

Two apple recipes on the podcast today: apple pie and apple butter, and our special guest Gary Nabhan talks about heirloom apples and eating local.

February 3, 2010

Greenwashing 

Green paint with brush.

Watch Out For Greenwashing In Superbowl Ads, Experts Urge

Since environmental issues seem to strike a chord with American consumers, there’s an advertising phenomenon you may want to look out for: Greenwashing.

February 11, 2010

Food Theaters 

Jamie Oliver in the kitchen

Naked Chef Jamie Oliver Wins 2010 TED Prize

Jamie Oliver won the 2010 TED Prize for his wish to travel around the country and teach kids the fundamentals of cooking fun, tasty, healthy food.

February 11, 2010

Childhood Obesity 

Michelle Obama applauds children involved in her "Let's Move" campaign.

Michelle Obama: “Let’s Move” On Healthier Lifestyles For American Kids

On Tuesday, Michelle Obama launched her "Let's Move" campaign which aims to combat the child obesity epidemic that plagues our country.

February 12, 2010

School Lunches 

Bowl of jambalaya

New Orleans Kids Help Reinvent School Lunches

While big names talk about our responsibility to better the diets of America's children, some of America's children are taking the responsibility on themselves.

February 12, 2010

Healthy Lifestyle Choices 

old television set

Connections Between Commercial Television And Childhood Obesity

A new study finds that the consumption of commercial television by children may be a contributing factor to childhood obesity.

February 15, 2010

School Lunch Programs 

a school lunch with a hot dog, fries, pickles, beans and milk.

The Fight For Better School Lunches Continues

The announcement of Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" initiative has re-invigorated the school lunch debate among bloggers and the mainstream media.

February 16, 2010

Soda Tax 

Soda bottles

So Long, Soda Tax: The ABCs Of An Idea Gone Flat

The sticky set of issues behind the failure of President Obama's proposed penny-per-ounce tax on sugary beverages turns out to be anything but sweet.

February 16, 2010

Dairy Farming 

a group of grazing dairy cows.

Organic Advocates Applaud New USDA Regulations For Dairy Farms

Previous USDA regulations contained language that made it possible for mega-dairy farms to abuse the organic system. Not anymore!

February 17, 2010

Food Recalls 

sliced salami on a plate.

More Salami Products Recalled, Salmonella Contamination To Blame

Daniele International of Rhode Island has recalled over 1 million pounds of their salami products in the last month due to possible salmonella contamination.

February 18, 2010

Beekeeping 

African bees in honey

Bees, Blues, Biology: History Demystifies Honey Bees’ Disappearance

The enigmatic disappearance of bees in the last three years has less to do with any one injurious factor than does hundreds of years of poor beekeeping.

February 23, 2010

Food Safety 

a stack of canned jams

Wyoming’s “Food Freedom Act” Raises Food Safety Concerns

Critics of Wyoming's "Food Freedom Act" are leery of the bill's exemption from food safety inspection for homemade foods.

February 24, 2010

Food Advertising 

McDonald's french fries

“Eat Like An Olympic Athlete”…At McDonald’s?

McDonald's new commercials suggests that Olympic athletes, whose career depends on the health and fitness of their bodies, eat Big Macs and chicken nuggets.

February 25, 2010

Food Labeling 

an egg with an expiration date

Expiration Dates Don’t Necessarily Indicate Expiration

Food writer Nadia Arumugam found that expiration dates are often too conservative, lack standardization and are better indicators of optimum taste than safety.

February 25, 2010

Sustainability 

a Wal-Mart store

Wal-Mart Announces Sustainability Commitment

Wal-Mart announced today its goal to eliminate 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from its global supply chain by 2015.

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