by erin thursby scopes1925@msn.com
What: Southern Women’s Show
When: October 18-21
Where: Prime Osborne Center
It’s the 20th anniversary of the Southern Women’s Show here in Jacksonville. Organizers have worked to make this year’s show bigger and better than ever. The Prime Osborn Convention Center will be packed with fashion shows, celebrity appearances, cooking demonstrations, beauty tips, health screenings, decorating ideas and personal growth opportunities – all tailored especially for busy women.
One of the cooking highlights of the Women’s Show will be Nathalie Dupree, the author of 10 cookbooks and host of a number of top-rated cooking shows. Her daily “Home Cooking Tips” has run on more than a thousand radio stations and she’s been featured on numerous TV shows, including The Today Show and Good Morning America.
Her latest cookbook, Nathalie Dupree’s Shrimp and Grits, explores the variations of the Southern staple. There are seventy-five such variations in the book, but Dupree says she knows “another sixty or seventy that I’ve learned since I did the book.”
One of her favorite variations is of a Thai version of shrimp and grits that includes lemongrass. She often fixes the BLT Shrimp and Grits for her husband, a simple yet sinful preparation.
Asked her opinion on the great head-on vs. head-off shrimp debate, Dupree replied “People that love shrimp really do think it is best with the head on, but my husband loves shrimp and he doesn’t like it with the head on. He just would rather not fool with that head. I really just think that it’s up to you…though there are some really nice little juices in the head for people that don’t mind sucking juices out of a shrimp’s head.”
Overcooking shrimp is an easy culinary mistake. To avoid this, Dupree recommends cooking the shrimp in the shells. Barring that, she says that a cook must “stay with them until they turn color, [but] not all of them turn color, [so] until the shrimp start to…draw up a little bit and curl.”
Guests can learn more shrimp secrets at her Southern Women’s Show cooking school, where she’ll be cooking her Shrimp & Grits with Parmesan Reggiano.
“It’s a really luscious dish and it’ll give people a lot of ideas.”
Nathalie will be selling and signing cookbooks after her cooking demo.
here are some of the other highlights of the show:
Dance and Sing with Joey Fatone
The former boy bander stole hearts with his talented turn on Dancing with the Stars, and now he’s heating up the summer television season as host of the smash hit, The Singing Bee. Southern Women’s Show guests can get up close and personal with Joey on Saturday.
It’s Getting Hot in Here
Traditionally, one of the show’s hottest events is Firefighter Fashion Show, and after a two-year hiatus, Jacksonville’s bravest return to strut their stuff on the catwalk with a brand new show – all for a good cause.
Become a Cooking Goddess
The price of admission includes celebrity cooking classes from the best in the business, and the culinary party takes place on a brand new state-of-the-art cooking stage created specifically for the Southern Women Show’s 20th birthday bash. Chefs include Cooking Light Magazine’s Chef Billy, and Winn-Dixie Executive Chef Robert Tulko.
Mega Makeovers
In addition to fashion shows, the Southern Women’s Show will also be makeover central. Professional makeup artists from Dillard’s will be on hand to help guests discover the best fall palettes and products, not to mention great deals and the three words every woman loves to hear: Gift with Purchase.
Show hours are Thursday, 10 am - 6 pm; Friday and Saturday, 10 am - 8 pm; and Sunday, 11 am - 5 pm. Admission is $7 in advance online, $8 at the door and $4 for children 6 – 12 years old. Groups of 20 or more can buy tickets for $6.50. For group discount tickets, show updates and more information, call (800) 849-0248 or visit southernwomensshow.com.
You can find one-stop shopping at the Southern Women’s Show, with over 300 specialty boutiques offering one-of-a-kind items. The schedule is also chock full of interesting activities for those that attend.
10:30 am - Get Lean in 15
11:30 am - Beauty from your Garden and Kitchen
12:30 pm - Lunch with Chef Robert
1:30 pm - Fun with Pizza and Fondue
2:30 pm - Cooking with Wine and Chef Robert
3:30 pm - Chef Jamie Walton with Ragtime Tavern Seafood & Grill
4:30 pm - Decorating with Food and Flowers for the Fall and Holidays
11:00 am - 20th Birthday Bash
12:00 pm - “Solving the Puzzle of Owning a Franchise”
1:00 pm - Defining Fashion
2:00 pm - Elegant Illusions
3:00 pm - Dancing Can Happen, Even to You!
4:00 pm - Defining Fashion
5:00 pm - First Coast Teen Scene
10:30 am - Celebrated Plates from Clara’s at The Cathedral
11:30 am - Anytime Shrimp and Grits with Nathalie Dupree
12:30 pm - Lunch with Chef Robert
1:30 pm - Anytime Shrimp and Grits
2:30 pm - Cooking with Wine and Chef Robert
3:30 pm - Beauty from your Garden and Kitchen
4:30 pm - Chef John Williams with Cobblestones at the Creek
5:30 pm - The Magic Of Chocolate- A Beauty and Finger Food
6:30 pm - Get Lean in 15
11:00 am - “Start Something Beautiful” the 20th Birthday Celebration Southern Women’s Show Jacksonville
12:00 pm - First Coast Teen Scene
1:00 pm - “Solving the Puzzle of Owning a Franchise”
2:00 pm - The Main Event “Shoes, Hats & Handbags” featuring Phil’s Shoes
3:00 pm - Dancing Can Happen, Even to You!
4:00 pm - Sophisticated and Sexy, “Real Women on the Runway” featuring Ashley Stewart
5:00 pm - Fashion Defined
5:45 pm - RCA Recording Artist and TV’s Nashville Star – Chuck Wicks
6:30 pm - Firefighter Fashion Show
10:30 am - Cooking Right with Chef Jessica Bright
11:30 am - Get Lean in 15
12:30 pm - Lunch with Chef Robert
1:30 pm - Chef Eric Waln with The Row Restaurant and Riverdale Inn
2:30 pm - Cooking with Wine and Chef Robert
3:30 pm - Beauty from your Garden and Kitchen
4:30 pm - An Invitation to Tea
5:30 pm - Celebrated Plates from Ashley Street Catering
6:30 pm - The Magic Of Chocolate- A Beauty and Finger Food
11:00 am - “Solving the Puzzle of Owning a Franchise”
12:00 pm - The Jacksonville Suzuki Strings
1:00 pm - SHAPE, RATTLE AND ROLL: Shaping Fashions for the Future
2:00 pm - Special Celebrity Guest, Joey Fatone
3:00 pm - The “S” Factor, Sexy, Stylish & Sophisticated for the Fall Featuring Ashley Stewart & Phil Shoes
4:00 pm - Dancing Can Happen, Even to You!
5:00 pm - Fashion Defined
6:00 pm - Elegant Illusions
7:00 pm - First Coast Teen Scene
11:30 am - Beauty from your Garden and Kitchen
12:30 pm - Lunch with Chef Robert
1:30 pm - Chef Cheryl and Chef Jamey from Heirloom’s
2:30 pm - Cooking with Wine and Chef Robert
3:30 pm - Celebrated Plates from Ashley Street Catering
12:00 pm - The “S” Factor, Sexy, Stylish & Sophisticated for the Fall Featuring Ashley Stewart & Phil Shoes
1:00 pm - Contemporary Motion Performing Dance Company
2:00 pm - SHAPE, RATTLE AND ROLL: Shaping Fashions for the Future
3:00 pm - Mother Daughter Day Contest
4:00 pm - “Solving the Puzzle of Owning a Franchise”
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