Meet Christy Rost ....

Author, longtime television host of Just Like Home, radio personality, culinary instructor, freelance writer, stylist, spokesperson, emcee, and popular guest speaker Christy Rost, started her culinary career in 1992 as the food editor of a Dallas-area newspaper. Christy's gift for teaching and her ability to make each student or audience member feel her personal touch stems from her earlier career as a Registered Nurse. When Christy later followed her passion for cooking and entertaining, her boundless energy, wit, and creative flair led to her becoming a popular presenter for major clients such as Macy's, Foley's, Cost Plus World Market, Mikasa, and Kaufmann's department stores. Her tabletop and entertaining-at-home seminars evolved into cooking classes packed with entertaining tips. Soon, Christy was teaching at Sur La Table, Whole Foods, Market Street, The Cook's Nook, Visions: The Women's Expo, The Outdoor Flower and Living Show, Texas Home & Garden Expos, Texas Cooks, Taste Addison, and other venues. For the past several years, Christy has been the featured entertainer at Kaufmann's annual fall and spring charity benefits throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York.

Christy's vast experience in television has included 9 years of hosting and producing her own local television cooking/lifestyle show. Just Like Home airs 6 days a week in Fort Worth, Texas and features classic cooking techniques, original recipes, wine segments, occasional guests, and Christy's expertise in home entertaining, decorating, and crafts. In addition to Just Like Home, Christy is a frequent guest on WGN-TV's nationally-broadcast News at Noon, FamilyNet television's At Home - Live!, which reaches almost 40 million households, Fox-4's Good Day (Dallas/Fort Worth's #1-rated morning TV news show), Good Morning Texas, and Positively Texas. Christy has also appeared on television shows in Austin, Houston, El Paso, San Antonio, Syracuse, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Providence, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Rockford, IL, Youngtown, and more.

Christy's cookbook, The Family Table: Where Great Food, Friends, and Family Gather Together (Capital Books, Inc.) was published in 2004 and was released in a new paperback edition September 2005. The Family Table was inspired by Just Like Home and is designed to inspire families, friends, and neighbors to gather around the table to celebrate daily life and special occasions. Her book contains 250 original recipes, extensive wine notes and wine suggestions, and entertaining tips. The foreword was written by Master Chef and award-winning PBS host, Martin Yan of Yan Can Cook.

Christy's newest cookbook is Where's My Spatula: Fast, Healthy Meals When Your Kitchen or Your Life Is A Mess. Christy knows first-hand how messy life can be. She developed the recipes and wrote this book while restoring an 1898 historic home in Colorado. In Where's My Spatula? Christy provides quick, easy recipes and solutions for getting delicious, nutritious meals on the table day after day. Who needs to stop at the drive-thru lane for dinner when home cooking is this fast and flavorful!

Christy is a licensed Registered Nurse and an active member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP), the Savor Dallas culinary event committee, the American Heart Association Women's Guild, and the Junior Charity League of Dallas. She also volunteers with Share Our Strength to raise awareness for its annual "Great American Bake Sale" to wipe out child hunger.

To schedule Christy for an appearance at your cooking school, club meeting, trade show, retail special event, fundraiser, food and wine festival, or national conference, please email Christy at christy@easyentertain.com.