Specialist Adds Culinary Kick to the Season, Sharing Delicious Recipes with Local Home Cooks
OWASSO, OKLAHOMA (Fall 2013) – The perfect recipe for creating new memories with loved ones includes good friends, good conversation and, of course, great food. As home cooks across the country head back to the kitchen to cook up fall’s comforting favorites, the Taste of Home Cooking School is preparing to share seasonal recipes that are certain to delight.
Taste of Home’s local culinary specialist, Jamie Dunn, will be at the Owasso High School Performing Arts Center on Tuesday, October 1, to share her home cooking tips and tricks while demonstrating step-by-step recipes for the season’s best dishes. This season’s event is brought to Owasso again this year by Rotary Club of Owasso and KYFM 100.1 Radio.
The Taste of Home Cooking School is America’s leading cooking school program, inspiring more than 300,000 passionate home chefs at approximately 300 events nationwide. Attendees experience exciting recipe demonstrations using ingredients that are easily found at the local grocery store and best of all, the dishes are submitted by home cooks from across the country.
“From experienced home chefs to beginners learning their way around the kitchen, the Taste of Home Cooking School offers something for everyone – putting a fresh spin on old favorites and adding new recipes to your seasonal repertoire,” said Jamie Dunn, Taste of Home Culinary Specialist. Spinach Stuffed Chicken Pockets is one of the recipes that will be demonstrated at the show. With their creamy filling and delightful crispy crust, these elegant entrees are easy enough for weeknights, yet special enough for company, too.”
Doors open at 5pm for Booth Browsing of local vendors with free samples, literature and coupons. Concessions will be available from Trails End Barbeque. The stage show starts at 6:30.
Attendees will receive a gift bag including the Taste of Home Cooking School magazine. This 68-page special issue includes recipes featured during the program, along with many more, as well as coupons from participating national food companies. Attendees can also enter for a chance to win one of many door prizes, including the recipes created onstage that night.
Tickets are available for $10 each from Owasso Rotary Club members, and at Owasso locations of RCB Bank and Reasor’s or for $11 at kyfmradio.com. Visit kyfmradio.com and click on Community and Taste of Home for complete ticket information and show highlights and listen to KYFM 100.1 Radio. For corporate and group discount tickets at $9 per tickets for groups of 10 or more, call 1-800-749-5936 or 918-336-1001, KYFM Radio. Ticketholders also receive a Digital Subscription to one of two Taste of Home magazines.
Always popular are the VIP Tickets, available for $35 each, while supplies last. VIP’s get to have an exclusive Early-bird Booth Browsing from 4:30-5pm, Meet & Greet and Backstage Tour with Jamie from 5-5:30 and a FREE Taste of Home Cookbook valued at $24.99 along with their reserved front row seating.
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Attendees are encouraged to bring non-perishable items for Taste of Home’s “Cooks Who Care” initiative, with all food donated given to Owasso Community Resources.
Though Jamie travels the region presenting Taste of Home Cooking Schools to thousands of people each year, one of her favorite shows is always here in Owasso. Jamie’s love of cooking was sparked while taking 8th grade Home Economics, and her parents also encouraged her interest along the way. Jamie’s dad was an occasional cook but always eager to try new recipes, and his enthusiasm rubbed off.
Jamie went on to attend Oklahoma State University where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Vocational Home Economics Education and Community Service. From there she has worked as a culinary instructor for Tulsa Technology and Bama Cooking School, as well as a high school Home Economics teacher.
As a seasoned Taste of Home Cooking School instructor, Jamie looks forward to sharing time-saving cooking tips and the latest kitchen gadgets with cooking school audiences. One of her favorite gadgets is a pair of battery operated salt and pepper grinders.
Each Cooking School show is live, so Jamie says you never know what to expect. “Years ago at one of my first shows, one of my onstage assistants accidentally set something on fire and was running around the stage with it,” Jamie shares. “It was definitely an unexpected, memorable moment!”
When she’s not on the road with the Taste of Home Cooking School, Jamie enjoys baking – especially desserts. She makes pies and candies for the holidays. And, one of her favorite dessert recipes is Layered Turtle Cheesecake.
A native of Oklahoma, Jamie lives with her husband and three sons in Owasso. She explains, “It’s a great place to live because it’s very family oriented and it’s a great community for kids.”
