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Bloomingdale’s Cooking Demo Recap, Part 2

June 22, 2009 by Mariel Goodson 2 Comments

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Picture 4Mariel here. Initially, when my mom and I started this blog together, I demurred from being a vocal participant. I’ve gotten somewhat camera-shy in my old age and the thought of putting myself “out there” didn’t sit well.

However, after our first Bloomingdale’s cooking demo, when my mom had a senior moment in front of a crowd of 40 and she called me out from backstage, that all changed. Since that fateful brain-freeze, I’ve been out there and loving every minute of it. But when we were presented with the prospect of a second cooking demo I got nervous. Real nervous.

Since my first appearance in White Plains was more of an ambush than a planned cameo, I didn’t have the opportunity to worry. But I knew I would be alongside my mother in Bloomingdale’s 59th Street store so I got down to stressing out. We planned to serve her Summer Ratatouille and my Faux Ratatouille (Roasted Vegetable Salad) and the prospect of cooking for a group of strangers nearly sent me over the edge.

Picture 4Despite the swarm of butterflies, crazy nerves and night sweats, once I was standing in front of the crowd in the demo kitchen, I was fine. My mom reminded me that I was an all-natural ham as a kid, browbeating my parents into turning on the home camera so I could read to my dolls in front of it or twirl around in some random getup. I used to literally shove my little bro out of the spotlight if I felt he was hogging attention.

Picture 5In my opinion, the fact that I haven’t yet collapsed onstage has more to do with me feeling like nothing can go wrong because my mom’s there. Like she’s some sort of self-esteem superwoman who can rescue me from looking like a jerk in front of a live audience.

In any event, we must’ve done something right because the powers-that-be at Bloomies are interested in having us back for another round this fall. It’s a regular Cinderella story.

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About Mariel Goodson

The daughter in this mother-daughter duo, Mariel is the co-founder of Brass Hill Design and a former magazine writer who has contributed to Martha Stewart Living, Better Homes & Gardens, SELF, Redbook and Good Housekeeping, among many others.

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  1. unclefuzzy says

    June 22, 2009 at 9:10 pm

    I am so glad to hear that everything went well. When you going to start a roadshow and come down here to cook in the heat??? 🙂

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  2. feastonthecheap says

    June 22, 2009 at 9:31 pm

    Ha – you’ll be our first stop once we take this puppy national 😉

    Reply

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