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Friday October 22 named 'Taste of Home Cooking Expo Day' in Milwaukee

    GREENDALE, Wisc., Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Whether you consider yourself an
 aspiring chef, an enthusiastic cook, or you just like to eat, the third annual
 Taste of Home's Cooking Expo co-sponsored by Sears Kenmore is the place to
 visit on Friday, October 22 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Saturday, October 23
 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.  A testament to the popularity of the event,
 Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has named Friday, October 22 "Taste of Home's
 Cooking Expo Day" in Milwaukee.
     Thousands of people will gather at the Midwest Airlines Center in downtown
 Milwaukee to participate in cooking demonstrations, visit food-related exhibit
 booths, test the latest home-cooking products and participate in a lively
 recipe swap.  In addition to dozens of exhibitors providing samples, valuable
 coupons and products for sale, the Cooking Expo features several special
 attractions, including celebrity guests and educational presentations.
     This year, nationally-known "hintologist" Heloise will present "In the
 Kitchen with Heloise: Help, Hints, & Humor" on Friday and broadcast her radio
 show live nationwide on Saturday.  Well-known horticulturalist, radio and
 television personality Melinda Myers, "The Plant Doctor," will talk about
 vegetable and herb gardening on Friday and Saturday.  Both Heloise and Melinda
 will be available for autographs during the show.
     Third-year Cooking Expo participant Sears Kenmore is co-sponsor of the
 event, as well as the official appliance supplier. This year, they have
 provided two dozen appliances for the Expo stages and will have the stainless
 Kenmore Elite line plus many black and white appliances on display for
 attendees.  Retailer Kitchen Collection supplies all stage cookware and
 utensils, and will exhibit at the Expo as well.
     World Wide Country Tours, exclusive tour operator for Reiman Publications,
 will provide one lucky person with a week-long summertime trip for two along
 the scenic Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers on the floating hotel barge River
 Explorer.  No purchase or registration necessary to enter.  For more
 information and complete rules, log onto
 http://www.tasteofhomecookingexpo.com.
     With more than 4 million subscribers to Taste of Home alone, Greendale,
 Wisconsin-based Reiman Publications began the Cooking Expo in 2002 as a way
 for the publisher to get to know more of its readers face to face.  Besides
 the returning Taste of Home Marketplace, the Cooking Expo will host a Reiman
 Warehouse Sale and Reiman editors will fill the stage with a behind-the-scenes
 look at America's number one-selling cooking magazine. Reiman Stage
 participants, including company founder Roy Reiman, will visit the Reiman
 Booth after their presentations to meet and greet attendees and autograph
 program directories, napkins or other items of the attendee's choice.  Taste
 of Home Cooking School home economists will also present their popular
 Favorite Recipe Sessions for the third year in a row. These sessions were so
 popular this year they sold out in the first few weeks of Cooking Expo
 attendee registration.
     Food-related companies with local, regional and national distribution make
 up the Cooking Expo roster.  Co- sponsor Sears Kenmore Appliances heads the
 list along with featured presenter McCormick Spices & Extracts and Nestle with
 their very own Exhibit Hall stage.  Also scheduled to participate are other
 well-known national companies such as Rhodes Bake-N-Serv, J. M. Smucker
 Specialty Foods, Eagle Brands, Hodgson Mill, Johnsonville Sausage, Lesaffre
 Yeast, and Sara Lee.  Exhibitor Red Gold will showcase its limited edition,
 slingshot yellow Chevrolet Super Sport Roadster on the Exhibit Hall floor.
 Cooking Expo favorite McCormick Spices & Extracts will be on hand to present a
 very special holiday-themed presentation at 9 a.m. Friday and Saturday.
 Though the session is free, early bird seating beginning at 8:30 a.m. is
 limited and on a first-come, first-served basis.
     Local and regional exhibitors cover a wide array of products and services
 involving food -- Almond Hut, BelGioioso Cheese, Berres Brothers Coffee, The
 Cooking Store, The Elegant Farmer, Flutterbye Canning, Golden Guernsey Dairy,
 Saz's BBQ Products, Tastefully Simple, That's My Pan!, Wisconsin and Illinois
 Pork Producers, and the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, to name a few.
     For a $10 general admission fee, $8 for seniors 60+, $6 for children 5-12
 and free for children under 5, attendees can eat their way through the show
 while learning new cooking techniques and collecting recipes. Group rates are
 also available and a $1-off coupon is available on the Expo website, as well
 as in the special Cooking Expo section of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on
 Sunday, October 17.  For more information, go to
 http://www.tasteofhomecookingexpo.com or dial the Cooking Expo information
 line at 1-800-784-0518.
     Founded in 1965 and acquired by The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
 (NYSE:   RDA) in 2002, Reiman Publications is publisher of 12 consumer magazines
 including Taste of Home, the nation's largest-selling food magazine with over
 4 million paid circulation, Quick Cooking, Light & Tasty, Birds & Blooms,
 Backyard Living, Country and Country Woman. It also produces books, calendars,
 and a mail-order catalog with country lifestyle products. Its World Wide
 Country Tours division offers foreign and domestic tours, and its Homemaker
 Schools hosts cooking schools coast to coast. For more information, visit
 http://www.reimanpub.com
 
 

SOURCE  Reiman Publications