Summer 2007  Home Baking Heats Up with Crowd-Pleasing Georgia Pecans - More than any other course, homemade dessert feeds our good times, as well as our appetites, with the implied message of "I made it just for you . . . enjoy." Few of us can resist such an offering, especially if it's also made with scrumptious ingredients like rich, crunchy Georgia pecans, premium chocolate, fresh ripe fruit, or buttery, creamy textures.  MORE...

Spring 2007  Playing Favorites: Cooking with Chicken and Georgia Pecans - Try the foolproof combination of crunchy, rich-tasting Georgia pecans and tender, juicy chicken. Here are two of America's favorite foods that taste even better when paired together.  MORE...

Winter 2006  Culinary Tradition and Innovation: Potluck with Georgia Pecans - During the holidays, an appetite for great food is equaled only by the desire for good company. Bringing the two together in the dining room, however, is the challenge of every host, especially in these busy times. Paradoxically, the best solution for modern hosts seems to be an old-fashioned American one: the potluck.  MORE...

Fall 2006 Rise and Dine: Reinventing Breakfast with Georgia Pecans - A healthy diet is not only a matter of what you eat|it's also when you eat it. Nutrition and diet experts unanimously agree that starting the day with a wholesome morning meal is the first step in promoting a healthy metabolism, weight control, and the kind of steady energy that fuels a mind and body for all kinds of daily achievement. MORE...

Summer 2006 WITH GEORGIA PECANS, NO-FUSS SUMMER FEASTING - Just as summer returns, so do favorite warm-weather foods. To make things simple yet delicious requires a little creativity-plus some versatile ingredients that play an essential role. Consider Georgia pecans, for example, which are one of the most all-purpose foods in the pantry. Crunchy, rich-tasting, and ready-to-use, pecans can add texture and flavor to sweet or savory dishes, hot or cold, vegetarian or meat, fish, and poultry dishes. MORE...

Spring 2006 FROM COUCH TO KITCHEN: COOKING SHOWS, FLAVORFUL GEORGIA PECANS INSPIRE KID CHEFS - Cooking is cool. At least thatfs what more and more kids are saying as they discover the adventures of the kitchen\albeit from the comfort of their couch. Television food shows are turning todayfs youngsters on to cooking\and eating\in a way that no generation before has experienced. Not only do these culinary action shows expose kids to cuisines from around the world, they also demonstrate how versatile everyday ingredients can be. In doing so, they encourage kitchen creativity.  More...

Winter 2005-2006 Quick Comfort with Winter Salads and Georgia Pecans - Traditional winter cooking often takes as much as it gives. The seasonfs soups and stews, casseroles and chowders are undeniably comforting to eat, but theyfre also demanding to prepare. Ingredients must be peeled and chopped, sauteLed and then simmered. For busy cooks who need a quicker fix, modern winter cuisine has the answer: hearty winter salads with Georgia pecans.  More...

Fall 2005 Holiday Help: Cooking Smart with The Pros and Georgia Pecans - The joy of holiday cooking\and the stress\lie in creating a great feast for friends and family. What makes the holidays so enjoyable\a full house of guests to feed\is also what makes them so challenging. MORE...

Winter 2004-2005 Pecans Please Low-Carb Crowd - Remember the good olf days, when watching your weight meant simply watching calories? Remember when there was only one number on the nutrition label that mattered, instead of a multitude? Now therefs an entire parade of food numbers\net carbohydrate counts, insoluble fiber grams, simple sugars, total carbs\that total the dietary scorecard for the nearly 24 million Americans currently on a low-carbohydrate weight loss program. Yes, modern dieting has become more exacting. But fortunately, it seems to be worth it. Not only are Americans losing weight and keeping it off on low-carb diets, but also theyfre learning some nutrition fundamentals.  MORE...

Fall 2004 Atlanta Chefs Celebrate Georgia Pecan Fall Harvest - Chefs and growers work in very different ways, yet both share the same challenging goal: to consistently put good food on American plates. This common aim takes on even more significance as chefs increasingly depend on local farms for fresh foods to inspire their menus and stock their pantries. In Georgia, one local ingredient remains a staple in the finest professional kitchens - the ever-versatile pecan. MORE...

Spring 2004 - Healthy Pleasures: Choosing Well, Eating Smart With Georgia Pecans - One hundred years ago, Americans chose from about 500 different foods in the marketplace; today, we choose from more than 50,000. Depending on how we fill our carts, this huge selection of edibles presents either an opportunity for our health or a risk. MORE...

Winter 2003-2004 - The New Skillet Supper: Georgia Pecans Add Taste, Crunch To One-Dish Dinners - Fresher, healthier more flavorful. If we could wave a magic whisk over our cooking ingredients, these are the kinds of modern dishes most of us would instantly create. But in this world of reality cooking, those who want to make fast, healthy, delicious foods must rely on their mortal powers of ingenuity - or some really good recipes. MORE...

April 2003 - Misperceptions About Pecans Range From Health Benefits to Tree Nut's Pronunciation - During April's National Pecan Month, Consumers Encouraged to Check Out Good Nutrition and Versatility of Pecans.  MORE...

Summer 2003 - Homemade Takeout: Eating Al Fresco with Georgia Pecans - There's no simpler or more surefire way to enliven a meal than by taking it outside. Especially if it means relocating to a grassy slope, a shady nook, a sunny beach or some other beautiful corner of nature's vast drawing room.  MORE...

Spring 2003 - The "Other" Holiday Season: Warm Celebrations with Georgia Pecans - With leaves budding and the temperature climbing, signs are all around that once again the holiday season will soon be upon us. Well, the other holiday season, that is.

Nov. 26, 2002 - Three New Studies Link Nut Consumption with Reduced Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and Overall Optimal Health (courtesy of the National Pecan Shellers Association) - What better way to start out the holidays than knowing that one of the season's favorite foods - pecans - offers an array of health benefits.  MORE...

Winter 2002-2003 - So Simple: Easy Winter Warmers with Georgia Pecans - Americans have developed a unique craving these days, one that's often hard to satisfy. What many of us yearn for, say the experts, is a recipe for simple living. Indeed, to "simplify" has become the new catchphrase and the latest lifestyle trend in everything from fashion to finance to food.  MORE...

Fall 2002 - Worldly Cooking with Georgia Pecans: It's Not Your Mother's Menu Anymore - Open the door of your pantry and chances are the contents look much different than the pantry of your childhood. MORE...

A Summer Fling: Fresh Fruit Meets Georgia Pecans  - From the moment the first fruits of the season are picked, home cooks begin looking for the chance to create new dishes that are deliciously sweet, lively, crunchy and nutty tasting all at once.  MORE...

Pecan Crusts: Chef's Tricks for Home Cooks - Home cooks are always on the lookout for tricks and techniques that simultaneously simplify and enliven the mealtime making. The Georgia Pecan Commission has found some ways to add restaurant-style dazzle to main dishes while exerting minimum effort.  MORE...

Classic Southern Recipes Go Mainstream - Soft grits. Fried chicken. Spiced pecans. There was a time when eating these and other regional foods could mean only one thing: that you were dining in the American South.  MORE...

One-Dish Winter Meals With Georgia Pecans - ATLANTA -- More than any other season, winter can make the act of cooking a meal nearly as satisfying as eating it.  MORE...

Meatless Meals with Georgia Pecans  - For years, nutrition experts have been playing matchmaker between Americans and healthy foods.  MORE...

Summer Grilling: The Side Show - Whatever your main attraction is at the grill, a few classic side dishes provide a great supporting cast. Georgia is the number one producer of pecans in the U.S., and here are a few suggestions from the Georgia Pecan Commission: MORE...

Healthy Summer Grilling - Grilling mirrors a growing trend in American cuisine toward high flavor/low-fat cooking. In practice, this means using bold, complex flavors and textures unencumbered by fat-laden sauces. Butter and cream are out, light-tasting vegetable and nut oils are in. With grilled menus, it's easy to add flavor that doesn't rely on saturated fat. MORE...

Lookin' for some HOT Stuff: Summer Grilling with Georgia Pecans  - Grilling is hot stuff. While its appeal has always been its laid-back, dress-down spirit, consumers are discovering that this cooking method has another great advantage: versatility. A wide variety of foods, including pecans, can be easily cooked on a grill and enhanced by its subtle smokiness. MORE...

ON THE GO SMART BREAKFAST AND SNACKS - By choosing the right snacks and starters you can stay fueled for this fast pace-and stay healthy. Bypass the junk food options. Give your body what it needs in the morning and throughout the day with nutritious choices like fresh fruits, multigrain treats and instant nibbles like a handful of crunchy Georgia pecans. MORE...

LIGHTEN UP THIS HOLIDAY SEASON - Makeovers with Georgia Pecans for those Favorite, Traditional Recipes. Over the years, you may have upgraded your kitchen appliances or your pots and pans, but when was the last time your holiday recipes underwent a makeover? MORE...

STUDY FINDS PECANS MAY LOWER CHOLESTEROL - ATLANTA - Two nutrition researchers have found that eating as few as 3/4 cup (68 grams) of pecans a day, either from out of hand or in a recipe, may significantly reduce so called "bad" LDL cholesterol and help prevent heart disease. MORE...

GEORGIA PECANS FOR BREAKFAST - 21 Speedy Ways to Bring Georgia Pecans to the 21st Century Breakfast Table  MORE...

NO MORE FOODSERVICE TYPECASTING: GEORGIA PECANS ARE FOR ALL SEASONS AND ALL REASONS - ATLANTA - In the same manner that Humphrey Bogart was typecast as the movies "tough guy" and Paris is typecast as the eternal city of romance, Georgia pecans have been typecast as the holiday dessert nut.  MORE...

GEORGIA PECANS: Not Just For Dessert Anymore! Who can resist toasted fresh pecans sprinkled on warm chocolate brownies? Or a slice of gooey Georgia pecan pie? Yet pecans are more than an ingredient for desserts.  MORE...

PECANS AND GEORGIA: A HISTORICAL MATCH - ATLANTA - Long before Europeans arrived on these shores, native Americans were enjoying the pecans that grew wild from Illinois to the Gulf of Mexico, sometimes called the Mississippi Valley.  MORE...

THE NUTTY FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA PECANS - A Delicious Nutritious Nut: One of America's favorite nuts, pecans should be incorporated in any well-balanced diet as a good source of oleic acid, Vitamin B-Thiamin, magnesium, protein and fiber.  MORE...

Georgia Pecan Growers: Stories and Recipes from the Farm - Deep in South Georgia, far from the glitz of fancy supermarkets, Georgia pecans are coming into peak supply. From 60 to 65 million pounds of these precious, healthy nuts are being harvested from pecan trees this fall and shipped to markets worldwide.  MORE...

Georgia Pecans: Healthy Eating is in the Bag - ATLANTA - Researchers are finding that nuts, such as pecans, may lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease. It's not always easy to eat healthy in a hurry, but when it comes to jazzing up meals that include nuts, the solution is in the bag. Crunchy Georgia pecans in the salad bag, that is.  MORE...