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Whip It! is not your grandmother's cooking show—that is, unless your grandmother cooks in her underwear and concocts dishes with names like "Striptease," "Stud Muffins" and "Let's Play Doctor Cake." No, Whip It!, a live cooking act, is the brainchild of Sweet Kellianne, the daughter of two American Bandstand dancers, a Philly native who's decided to take her show home.

Sweet Kellianne has spent the past three years in her adopted home of Los Angeles, where she developed, performed and perfected this "One Woman Cookin' Show." Dressed like a '50s pin-up, Sweet Kellianne whips up six naughty desserts in her kitschy kitchen, while sharing humorous anecdotes from her past that celebrate her sexuality and womanhood. "I've found that things that happen in our lives, even if they're just small little moments, really reflect who we are as adults and as women," she says.

And just who is this woman? One who's strong and independent, and not afraid to bare it all in only an apron and heels when cooking for her fella. She's totally devoted to her family, and even though she was once embarrassed when her mother showed up to her band concert in long blond extensions and a fur coat covered in fox heads, she will always appreciate her parents' quirks for making her who she is. "They taught me to say please and thank you and the important things of life, but they weren't so worried about when I was running around the house in my underwear singing 'Like a Virgin.'"

It takes that kind of woman to pull off Whip It! with class, carefully balancing her spicy bedroom tales with the sweet memories of a South Jersey childhood. "I'm not giving away any Judy Blume moments that are kind of uncomfortable in that sense, and at the same time I'm not having very many Sex and the City moments either," Sweet Kellianne says of her show. "It's a comfortable place. It's fun, it's silly and there's a little bit for everybody."

Whip It!, Fri.-Sat, Feb. 3-4, 8:30 p.m.; Sun., Feb. 5, 1:30 p.m., $20 (includes $5 drink credit), through Feb. 19, Society Hill Playhouse's Red Room Cabaret, 507 S. Eighth St., 215-923-0210, www.redroomphilly.com.