Hungry? It's cooking in Smyrna-Vinings

It’s July 11, which means it’s National Blueberry Muffin Day.

Ahh, the blueberry muffin, it’s about as close as you can get to eating a cupcake for breakfast, eh? And the good folks of Minnesota like them so much, they made the blueberry muffin their official state muffin. Maybe we’ll make the blueberry muffin the official muffin of Smyrna-Vinings Patch?

Might be good time to head down to right now for one! Except for the fact that the bakery's staff is on vacation and McEntyre's is closed until July 19.

Still, clearly we’ve got food on the brain and with good reason. Don’t forget that Friends of the Smyrna Library are hosting a yogurt social and book sale today from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. inside the library as part of the yearlong celebration of the Smyrna Public Library's 75^th anniversary.

Pinkberry at Akers Mill will serve its frozen yogurt and Peter Vogl will provide the tunes. The Friends of the Smyrna Library will also be selling New York Times bestsellers and gift-quality books all priced at $1 or $3. All proceeds from the book sale benefit the .

The "Get Smoked Weekend’’ continues at in Vinings, where Chef Branden Holte has got the smoker in action. Available after 4 p.m. today are smoked wings, smoked steak-stuffed burger and a smoked chicken salad sandwich. Check out the full list of delicious smoked menu items here.

Just up the road, is currently holding it’s Grilling Recipe Contest. You have until July 26 to submit your best grilling recipe to win a Big Green Egg.

The winning recipe will be placed on the restaurant’s fall/winter menu and a portion of the proceeds from the sales of the menu item will be donated in the winner's name to Special Olympics Georgia. See here for more information on how to enter.

Monday begins the first of three straight days to purchase 50-percent off dining certificates to your favorite Fifth Group Restaurants, including . That means you can get $30 of sophisticated Southern dinner and drink for just 15 bucks at SCKV.

Buy as many as you like and in October, a name from one redeemed certificate will be drawn to win a $500 Fifth Group Restaurants dining card. Certificates must be used by Oct. 9 and see here for more details.

Also tomorrow, the Cobb Chamber of Commerce’s First Monday Breakfast will be held at the Atlanta Marriott Northwest beginning at 7:30 a.m. Mike Kelly, president and CEO, The Weather Channel Companies is the scheduled featured speaker. General admission is $50 and $35 at the door for chamber members. See here for more information.

And finally, returns to serving lunch on Monday each weekday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Highlights from the lunch menu include Roman style thin crust pizza and pasta penne pollo.

Get in the Italian mood for food by checking out the accompanying video on Taverna Fiorentina produced by ATLspots.com.