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When I was growing up in Mississippi - it was good Southern food... but I also grew up with a Greek family when other kids were eating fried okra, we were eating steamed artichokes. So I think it played a big part in my healthy cooking.

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Cat Cora
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: April 3
Chef
Jackson
Mississippi
Catherine Ann Cora
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