Taste of Home another smashing success

Readers lined up as early as 5:30 a.m. in order to be the first in line to buy tickets for the annual Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Daily Review Taste of Home Cooking Show and Expo.

More than 450 tickets were sold in three hours on the opening day as the best tickets got snatched up early.

The night of the show, Nov. 9, more than 950 people attended and received goodie bags full of gifts and doo-dads from national and local sponsors of the show.

During the event, more than 80 prizes were given ranging from a water cooker, to cookbooks, to dinner for two, to sessions for hypnotherapy. About 20 bags of groceries were also given away to lucky participants.

Before the show started, local businesses showed off their wares during a mini-expo that took place for two hours before the event. Attendees streamed to the tables to buy products, sample food and mingle with area sponsors.