CALLING ALL FOODIES...AND THOSE THAT JUST LOVE TO EAT!

A rare opportunity to get up close and personal for a one hour live cooking demonstration by none other than

RACHAEL RAY, the little dynamo with the girl-next-door swagger that has taken the cooking world by storm. In just a few short years, Rachael radically changed the way Americans cook dinner and her catch phrases such as “EVOO” [extra-virgin olive oil] and “YUM OH” could be he heard in millions of kitchens all over the country.

She has sold billions of her cookbooks, hosts the Rachael Ray Daytime Talk Show, and reigns at the top of the heap at the Food Network with her “Thirty Minute Meals” Her dazzling dishes run the gamut from down home comfort food to sophisticated fare for entertaining. She may be tiny---but in the kitchen she’s bigger than life!

As she takes center stage, we’ll take our V.I.P. seats in the Celebrity Theater of the highly anticipated Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show in Washington, DC. Even though the demand for tickets will be great, we needn’t worry. We’ve already secured our premium seats,  close enough that not only will we be able take in all of her techniques, we’ll be able to smell the food cooking. Yum Oh.

As if that were not enough, we then hit the exhibit floor to experience the one-of-a-kind premier consumer event in the nation for cooking and entertaining enthusiasts. You’ll be able to meet and make purchases from more than 300 exhibitors showcasing specialty food products, can’t live without kitchen gadgets, organizers for kitchen shelves, party wares, soaps, candles – the list goes on and on. What a great place to get a jump start on some of your holiday shopping.

To add to the excitement of the day, there will be thirty minute entertaining workshops presented every hour throughout the day by industry experts from around the nation. In the past, they have included everything from making floral arrangements for your next dinner party, to making the most of your holiday roast; assembling your own culinary gift basket to a lecture on “are all olive oils created equal.” Feel free to take in one of these exciting and informative workshops or take in all of them. No need to sign up in advance.

Wait----there’s more. Every hour, more than a dozen of the hottest chefs in and around the Washington DC metro area will be doing 45 minute live presentations. [Past presenters have included many Top Chef contestants.]We return home loaded down with our purchases and armed with many innovative, new ideas for snacking, cooking and entertaining. You can’t “cook up” anything better than this!!!!!

We know this will sell quickly so don’t risk missing out on this “delectable” offering!!!

Sunday,  November 14  @ $165 Departing  9:00 A.M  serving juice, coffee and gourmet breads

and arriving back in Baltimore at  4:30 P.M. serving cold drinks and tasty nibbles.