Coming up This Week!
If you missed my guest appearance on Paula Deen’s Best Dishes, it airs again today, November 7th at 5:00 Eastern (Please check times in your area) and again November 14th at 12:00 PM Eastern on Food Network.
This is gonna be a hectic week, but in a good way! I have to do a little filming Monday and Tuesday and then I’ll be prepping all day Wednesday for my big Holiday Cooking Show in Florence, Alabama. I’m so excited to get to see many of y’all at that show and I just can’t wait to feed you! If you didn’t come to my cooking show last year, I thought I’d tell you a little about the format.
I modeled my cooking show after the Southern Living Cooking Schools that I grew up with, but I changed it up a bit. Thanks to the help of a few hundred Culinary Students at the University of North Alabama, led by the amazing Chef Ogun, after I get finished cooking each item the entire audience gets to sample it! In between setting up for the next recipe my dad and son then go up to the microphone and call out ticket numbers for door prizes. Last year we had so many door prizes that they actually ended up having to call them out even after the show was over! This year I’m especially thrilled with all of the wonderful prizes we have to offer, I feel like Santa Claus! I asked a few companies personally to donate and Hamilton Beach, Calphalon, Terra Bacio, Southern Living, Rubbermaid, and many others came through in a big way! Home Depot custom built my kitchen set just for this holiday cooking show and the Marriott Conference Center in Florence was kind enough to let us use their facilities for it.
There will be a special section for kids where Home Depot will be hosting a building workshop and Bob and Larry from VeggieTales will be there to meet everyone.
The Holiday Market Place opens up at 4:00 but if you can’t make it until 5:00 or so you’ll still have plenty of time. My cooking show begins at 7:00 and generally runs about an hour. After the show I’d love for anyone who likes to come up on the stage for pictures and chatting. Of course, I’d be honored to sign anything you’d like.
Attendees will receive a program which includes all recipes I cook during the show and I can’t wait for you to taste my Faux Pecan Pie!
There are so many volunteers who have worked for months to pull this show together and all proceeds go to benefit the HES Department of UNA.
If you would like to help with my Santa’s for Seniors project, I will have a Southern Plate Table in the vendor area and will be thrilled to accept any Suave Body Wash you’d like to bring to help us adopt more nursing homes at christmas Time.
If you haven’t purchased your tickets yet and would like to come, they are available at the door. For more information, please click here. This is a one of a kind cooking show that only takes place in Muscle Shoals (I couldn’t possibly pull it off without all of the help from UNA) so I hope to see you there if you can make it!
Next time you’re stressed:
Take a step back, inhale and laugh.
Remember who you are and why you’re here.
You’re never given anything in this world that you can’t handle.
Be strong, be flexible, love yourself, and love others.
Always remember, just keep moving forward.
~Found on Pinterest
Looking forward to watching with a friend on the 14th!!!
Christy…I watched you on Paula’s show. You were great. I have to point out one thing though. I like how you don’t have to dress up your recipes. I could have ate that cake with just the butter, as you have shown before. But hey, it’s her show, so I guess she can add berries, green stuff and all that if she wants. But just give me the cake and butter. You are the best! You keep cooking super simple for us gals! You cook and serve it just like we would at our home. Love it!
I don’t even add the butter. Lol. I just had to do what the producers told me but in real life, that cake is always served plain. 🙂
I’ve watched 2 of the showings of you on Paula Deen’s show. Even Mack watched the first time. You did well–a natural.
So LOVE you & Paula! Just caught the last few minutes, will be catching the 14th reshow:) Thank you both for having REAL cooking! I don’t have to worry about searching gourmet stores for an ingredient that I will only use once or something that costs more than my enire YEARLY budget for groceries…lol
Yes, there is alot of butter, fried etc. however, we can all adjust the salt,butter, skim milk etc to cut down on calories,sodium yadda,yadda
Thank you for ALL you do & your GENEROUS heart!!! B
I will be at your cooking show on Thursday. Do you want the Suave bodywash I am bringing to donate wrapped or leave it unwrapped ?
Looking forward to the show.
I saw you on the Paula Deen show, and I especially like the cake you made. I will be trying that one soon. I also want to try the “Faux Pecan Pie”.
P.S. I pronounce pecans like you do, but I’m a Yankee. Albeit, from “Southern” Illinois.
I set my alarm to go off at 10 am so I would be sure not to miss the show. Loved it – you are a natural for TV!!!!