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Published October 28, 2008 01:26 pm - More than four years in the making, Silver Dollar City's Culinary and Craft School not only showcases the artisanship of Silver Dollar City’s citizens, it provides visitors an opportunity to take craft and cooking classes, take home traditional park recipes and pick up a few tips from Debbie Dance Uhrig, the park’s master craftsman of culinary arts. Dream job, dream kitchen w/ Debbie Dance Uhrig interview audio and culinary school slide show New Silver Dollar City attraction offers recipes, kitchen tips and how-to advice for park visitors By Dave Woods dwoods@joplinglobe.com BRANSON, Mo. — Derek Leaver and his wife, Gay, could hardly wait to get back home and put the recipes they picked up during a cooking class at the new Silver Dollar City Culinary and Craft School to the test. “I’m going to make both recipes for church,” Derek said as he organized his notes and recipes from the hour-long session. “This was great.” Gay explained that her husband does all of the cooking at home, and cooks for around 250 members of their church every week as well. “Derek is king of our kitchen,” she said. “Most guys get Playboy,” Derek joked. “I get cooking magazines.” The 50-something couple from Benton, Ark., said that they have been coming to Silver Dollar City for years, but said they now have a new reason to make the trek. “This (culinary school) is the best thing that Silver Dollar City has ever done,” Derek said. As they filed out of the culinary school’s state-of-the-art kitchen classroom, they paused to take one last look around. “We can’t wait to come back for another class,” Gay said. Derek just smiled. “I have bad case of appliance envy,” he said as he stroked the stove and peeked inside an oven. State-of-the-art 
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