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Linguine with Tomato & Basil
Posted July 22, 2010 12:00 AM

Baloney and Maple Syrup

by Laura Bonicelli

Once I put myself out to the world as a "pro cook" for my business and videos, I naturally started getting a lot of questions about my culinary influences.

I was lucky enough to have two living grandmas while I was growing up. I never met my grandfathers as they both died before I was born. Grandma Lucy and Grandma Beau lived for most of my preteen and teen years about a block and a half apart from each other in my hometown of Chisholm on the Minnesota Iron Range. Other than being called "Grandma", they had nothing in common.

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