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Creating Winning Recipes: Adding Some Fertilizer

I’m sitting on an Air France flight flying from Warsaw to Paris, and I’m wedged between two gentlemen, one fast asleep, the other flipping through a magazine. As we sat on the tarmac then ascended into flight, I laid my head ...   READ MORE

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Competitive Cooking and Foodstyling: Part 2

I know that a lot of my foodie friends are entering the prestigious DOLE Cook-Off. It was about this time last year when I was furiously creating recipes to enter, too, and one of my big concerns was, ‘will my submitted ...   READ MORE

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Competitive Cooking & Food Styling: Part 1

With the Dole California CookOff 2014 launching soon, as well as other cooking contests currently running, these tips might just come in handy as you’re completing your entry(ies). As the 2013 winner of the Dole CookOff, I ...   READ MORE

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World Food Championships Training Tips: Packing & Playing

Oh, yeah, it’s getting closer and closer! There’s a combination of exhilaration and angst, nagging anxiety of the unknown and pumped excitement for the known! A lot of luggage and boxes are going to be packed.  Boxes and ...   READ MORE