Cooking Matters®

Grocery Store Tours Teach Shopping Healthy on a Budget

admin — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:34:53 +0000

Statesman Journal – Shopping Matters participants in Salem, Oregon learn just how far they can stretch their food dollars to buy healthy and affordable foods for their families. Read more here.

How To Get The Most Nutritional Foods For The Best Price

admin — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:49:17 +0000

The Hartford Courant – Dietitians offered advice with a healthful twist during a recent Shopping Matters tour at ShopRite
supermarket in West Hartford, Connecticut. Read more here.

Grocery tours help WIC families make good food choices

admin — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:48:51 +0000

Times Herald-Record – Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters and Shopping Matters are featured for their impact on families in New York’s Hudson Valley. Read more here.

How to Stretch Your Food Budget While Boosting Nutrition

admin — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:55:42 +0000

The Denver Post – Cooking Matters Colorado’s Christina Miller and Renee Petrillo discuss the benefits of the Shopping Matters curriculum for families on a tight budget. Read more here.

Cooking classes for low-income Minnesotans offer healthy, tasty tips

admin — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:23:27 +0000

MPRNews – Cooking Matters and University of Minnesota Extension are featured in this MPR News piece. Cooking Matters coordinator CeAnn Klug noted: “What we’re doing is not only showing them how to cook, but also [how to use] ingredients … and really knowing how to work with them,” Read more here!

The Many Questions Surrounding Walmart’s ‘Great for You’ Initiative

admin — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:58:01 +0000

The Atlantic – James Beard award-winning food journalist, Corby Kummer, speaks of the importance of nutrition education with a special shout out to Cooking Matters. Read more here.

SEEDS Nutritional Cooking Program Concludes with Competition

admin — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:13:54 +0000

The Leader – Students in a Cooking Matters class pick up great habits: “One of the (participating) girls said she didn’t want to go to [get fast food] after this, she wanted to eat what they made here because it tastes better,” Eccles said. “That’s the whole idea of this program – getting them to make healthy choices.” Read more here.

Wait. So People Are Cooking?

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:11:53 +0000

The New York Times – “It is exciting to learn that home cooking plays a larger role in the U.S. than we might have expected, and even more so to imagine and pursue the ways to make it easier and more popular than ever.” Read more here.

Is Universal Access to Good, Healthy Food Really a Problem?

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:05:30 +0000

The Atlantic – It’s Dinnertime, a new report by Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters, is featured in this peice that examines the obstacles to healthy meals, like planning skills, time and, yes, price. Read more here.

Study: Low-Income Families Cook Dinner at Home Five Nights a Week, Aspire to Eat Healthy

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:53:44 +0000

CBS Atlanta – Low-income American families are cooking dinner at home most nights but are struggling to make healthy meals, according to a new study released today from Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters® with support from the ConAgra Foods® Foundation. Read more here.