Bartow History Museum: Author of Cooking with a Small Town Girl

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Author of Cooking With a Small Town Girl to Speak at Bartow History Museum July 19th at Noon

The Bartow History Museum announces local author and teacher, Valerie Holt, will discuss her book, Cooking With a Small Town Girl, and her journey in competitive cooking on July 19th at noon.

According to Holt, “Early in my teaching career, I was constantly trying out new recipes I had found in books and magazines. My colleagues were my taste testers. One day, one of the science teachers at my school tore out an ad for a national cook-off from a magazine and brought it to me. He said you cook for us all the time. You should enter this. I did and that started a nationally competitive cooking career that has spanned about 18 years so far.”

Holt’s accolades include being a finalist in the Pillsbury Bake-Off in Hollywood, winning The National Beef Cook-off in Fort Worth, Texas, winning the National Cornbread Cook-off in Tennessee, and the Grand Champions National Cornbread Cook-off also in Tennessee. She is a two-time winner of the Georgia Egg Cook-off.

Holt has cooked with Paula Deen, contributed to Rachel Ray’s Magazine and had recipes printed in several Southern Living cookbooks. She is also a certified Kansas City Barbeque judge and can be heard on a local radio show once a month with Alan Sanders on WBHF. Her book is a compilation of some of her favorite recipes and some of her cook-off recipes.

Participants on the 19th will also learn how to enter competitive cooking, get a few cooking tips, and taste one of her dessert recipes. A book signing will follow.

The lecture is free to museum members and included with the price of admission for not-yet-members. For more information on this and other museum programs, call 770-382-3818, ext. 6288 or visit our website at www.bartowhistorymuseum.org.

About the Author
Valerie Holt is a native of Cartersville. She is starting her 27th year in education this fall and her 13th year at Woodland High School. She serves on the Historical Preservation Commission for the Cartersville City Government and along with cooking loves all things historical. She uses photos of historical places in Cartersville along with anecdotes as the section dividers in her book. Cooking With a Small Town Girl, is her first book. She currently resides in the city.

About Bartow History Museum
The Bartow History Museum, located at 4 East Church Street in downtown Cartersville, Georgia, documents the history of northwest Georgia’s Bartow County, spanning more than 200 years since the Cherokee were the area’s primary residents. Artifacts, photographs, documents, and a variety of interactive permanent exhibits tell the story of settlement, Cherokee life and removal, Civil War strife, and lifestyles of years past. The Bartow History Museum also provides a variety of educational opportunities for adults, children, families, and school groups. Our extensive archives and research library contains photographs, documents, newspapers, rare books, genealogy records, oral history interviews, and more. For additional information, visit www.bartowhistorymuseum.org.