• Gene Bare, sales manager for a Camp Washington sign company, spends much of his time at home in Mount Lookout cooking.

• An Evanston resident, Denise Bruner is a medical records specialist at the VA Medical Center in Cincinnati and specializes in home-cooked pasta dishes.

• Yolanda Cedriz of Mason is a former health care worker and aspiring caterer who prepares Puerto Rican and other ethnic foods.

• Pam Hardy is a retired Procter & Gamble products researcher who cooks at home in Golf Manor.

• Meg Jung is a full-time mom and part-time calligrapher in Monfort Heights who cooks and collects recipes and cookbooks.

• Jenny Notton of Hebron earned a degree in nutrition and is a stay-at-home mom and avid cook.

• A West Chester Township resident who grills and cooks German, Thai and Italian dishes, Michael Wood works for a Sharonville storage system company.

• Jeff Young of Finneytown manages an outpatient care program for Health Alliance of Cincinnati and is famous for his chicken wings, salsa and roasted pork loin.

These readers will also serve on the 2004 Taste Team:

• JoEllen Hothem, Loveland

• Tom Levesay, Mount Auburn

• Molly Moloney, Covington

• John Royer, Amberley Village

• Stuart Zanger, Montgomery

• Kathy Zollar, West Chester Township