Tacoma Cookin' 2009

International Chef and Author Keith Jones known as Chef Keith and the live Host of the Tacoma Cooking program. The Tacoma Cooking program is hosted by Keith Denard Jones, the chef with the big personality feeds all the senses while sharing twenty five-plus years of culinary artistry and chef’s secrets through his live presentations and T.V. show, “Eatertainment”! Jones also is a published author with the title, “COOKING UP YOUR DREAMS” and owner of Chef’s Secrets, which is a culinary consulting company in Denver, Colorado. He also serves as the executive chef for Mountain High Appliance company and he supports the marketing efforts of leading manufacturers in the culinary industry (e.g. Electrolux, Wolf, Gaggenau, SubZero, Viking, Miele and Dacor). Visit www.chefkdj.com.

Chef Kelly Kessler of the Flying Tomato Italian Grill is the Head chef and Kitchen manager. Flying Tomato Italian Grill is located in Graham, WA. Flying Tomato’s Catering stages and delivers fully catered parties throughout King and Pierce County from 40 to 4000 guest. Our Catering Services are customize to suit individual budgets and service requirements. The site menus are a basic sampling of event offerings. A wider variety of selections and themes are available. Visit www.flyingtomatoitaliangrill.com.

Chef Biff’s, creator of Blue Ribbon Barbecue Sauce loves to cook! In high school he worked his way up to head chef at a local restaurant. Since then you can’t keep him out of the kitchen. Known as the guy to handle the grill; the holiday dinner; a huge block party and the Hot Meals program at my church. Biff’s Blue Ribbon Barbecue Sauce was born out of frustration with grocery store brands never meeting expectations. Desiring to make people want to grill year round. He started with some base ingredients and experimented with spice blends until he had the right balance of sweet, smokey, and spicy. After five years of kitchen play; Biff’s Blue Ribbon Barbecue Sauce was created. Giving it away as a gift for birthdays and Christmas for years it never really occurred to him to sell it. But people kept telling him how much they just loved it. They use it on nearly everything. Visit www.biffsbbq.com.

Speaker Katie Hurley shares from Northwest Inspirations; Flavors of South Puget Sound a self-published cookbook from the Junior League of Olympia. The inspiration for the recipes in this book is that they contain flavors and ingredients that are local to our region. The Junior League of Olympia (JLO) is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable. Katie Hurley has been an active member in the Junior League of Olympia for over 9 years and was active in the development of the cookbook. She is an occasional cooking school instructor and has extensive catering experience. Visit www.jltacoma.org.

Chef Niall Mclaughlin of the Sax Restaurant & Lounge, the newest addition to the Tacoma 6th Ave scene, brings a little of a lot. Serving American/Italian cuisine, on our dinner menu, we also offer a $5 Lunch menu, and serve breakfast from 8am-4pm, Saturdays & Sundays. Sax features 10cent Wings on Sundays for Football, and offers live Jazz music every tuesday night, hosted by local artist, Kareem Kandi. On the weekends, Sax features some of the areas best DJ's, spinning popular dance music, and no cover charge.

Albert Lee Appliance Price, service, availability. These are not the only reasons to use Albert Lee Appliance. In business serving the North West area since 1939, we are a family owned (three generations) and operated business that will treat you the way we would expect ourselves to be treated. When we go to buy something, we like to have a selection to view and choose from--so do you. At Albert Lee you will find the largest full line display of premium quality appliances in Washington. We also appreciate good customer service and this is why we make sure that if you need help, we are there for you. FREE delivery, FREE normal hook-up of your new appliance and FREE haul away of your old appliance. Visit www.albertleeappliance.com

That Kitchen Shop For more than 25 years That Kitchen Shop has brought the Northwest the ultimate gourmet experience. Now that experience is available to you in custom kitchen design and cabinets with unsurpassed value. We are proud of the way we approach each residence as a unique opportunity to create a home that will match and enhance your lifestyle. We believe our greatest success is creating homes that reflect the uniqueness of the individuals who live in them. Let us show you how easy and affordable it is to own new cabinets! Visit our web site www.thatkitchenshop.com