<— First, take a peek at my left sidebar. See that promotional code for Paula Deen’s online store? The 20% discount is good until this Friday, March 28th. WHAT ARE YOU WAITING ON??? If you haven’t already placed your order, you still have a few days to take advantage of it said the pot to the kettle to buy a surcie for me and have it delivered in time for my birthday. Click the graphic to get details.
In even more exciting news, I’ll be joining my good friends Bobby, Jamie and Paula Deen at The Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show in Atlanta!!!
Who cares that I’ll be just one of thousands joining them? I’ll take my camera, wear all black and pretend to be one of the show’s professional photographers (one of my favorite discoveries of having an SLR camera is that it’s my "ticket" in to a lot of places that are otherwise off limits wink wink).
According to the MCES website, "The show promises to be a fun, exciting, and unique experience for cooking and entertaining enthusiasts and novices of all ages…". Right.Up.My.Alley.!! Roughly 150 companies will be exhibiting with one goal in mind: "to motivate you to have fun by cooking and entertaining with ease." With ease? Nowthat’swhatI’mtalkin’about!
I’ll be heading back to familiar territory–the show venue, the Cobb Galleria Centre, is only a few miles from where I lived back in the day–when I was single and livin’ large in HotLanta. If you’re interested, tickets are still available; general admission for the two-day show is just $20/advance tickets. Reserved seating for the Celebrity Cooking Theater will put you face to face with the Deens and other chefs with mad culinary skills including Michel Nischan (creates a "cuisine of well being", focusing on the "pure and simple"), Akasha Richmond (a "self-trained chef and artisan-style baker who lends her time and expertise to groups such as Child Healthy World, Common Threads, The Organic Center"), Jon Ashton (whom I now have a HUGE crush on after toolin’ around his site–how could I not with culinary philosophies like: "Food is food. It’s calm like the sound of a
mother’s voice, and effortless like the silent dialogue between couples
in love. It’s as comforting as your favorite pair of faded jeans. Food
is expressive like Van Gogh’s masterpieces and unadulterated like a
child’s laugh. Fully naked, it is simple, provocative and needs no
pretense."?! But, I digress….), and Jason Roberts (who has wanted to cook since exiting the womb and says he does it "…to indulge my imagination, my creativity and to feed my artistic
passion. To me, cooking is the most consistent of life’s joys and is
immensely rewarding – instantly and constantly”). Whew–what a CULINARY-SUPERSTAR- LINEUP!!
But for me…the icing on MY cake? I think I might just get to meet "Phil" and his lovely bride…!
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I am soooo jealous! I’ve wanted to meet the Deens for years. YEARS! You lucky gal!
See you there.
So jealous you get to be back in Atlanta!
Do you think Phil might be a tiny bit afraid of your stalking tendencies? 🙂
Phil has a bride?? But I can still touch him right? Ok you touch him for me. Just on the arm though. Much like he no doubt is, I’m happily married. But still, you touch him. I’m not jealous you get to go to such a fantastic event because I don’t believe in such nonsense, so I’m going to say have a blast and get lots of pictures to show those of us who live on the other side of the tracks….or Canada.
Dana, come on down! I’ll take picchas of you, you can take picchas of me, and we’ll blog about it for days!
BTW, where do you live???
Phil, are you going to be holding a red balloon?
Alex, isn’t it time for you to visit???
SHB, blink blink, EXCUSE ME!!!! (I think you might be thinkin’ about Joy T….)
Joy, Phil is going to be scared to death of me AND you!
wowee!!! how fun!! Can’t wait to see the pictures!!!
Okay, now I think I might be crushing on Jon Ashton as well.
If I were in the States right now, you’d be my new BFF, gf;). Sigh – I wish I could go.
But my sister is now living near Atlanta – so maybe I’ll tell her about it and she can go!
I’ll be sure to tell her to wear all black and take an SLR camera with her;);).
That is awesome! You are totally going to be discovered, I just know it.
So, wear a red rose in your lapel so that when we all watch the show (you know it will be televised at some point in time) we can all point and go, “There she is!”
I love your comment about the camera! I take my new SLR everywhere, and I get asked all the time if I’m a professional photographer. I keep telling everyone that’s what I’d like to be when I grow up, but first I have to raise my kids…
I know you’ll have a ball!
I’m very pleased for you. Whoooooo Hoooooooooo!
OOOO, I’m so jealous! Have fun!!!!
That’s ok. Scared is good for the nerves once in awhile. Keeps people on their toes :o) But if he tries running I’m counting on you to catch and tackle him now you hear? Start getting on that treadmill girl!
Maybe I’ll have to run up the road to the Cobb Galleria and meet you in person! I live about 5 miles from there.
Ahhhhh. you’ll be in my neck of the woods. In the same COUNTY even! Have fun with Paula and the boys!
Wow! “Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show”, I love cooking very much…how i wish i could attend that kind of show someday.
i just love Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show too! yay!
~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@~@Wow! “Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show”, I love cooking very much…how i wish i could attend that kind of show someday.