Frozen food shipped in on trucks and heated in a microwave may soon be a thing of the past for Baltimore City schools. Fresh, “home-cooked” meals are hot this year.

The school system recently hired Anthony Geraci, a restaurateur and chef who?s well-known in the food industry, to take over the Nutrition Services Department. Cooking meals from scratch will be a major part of his plan to improve not only students? physical fitness, but also their behavior and grades, he said.