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The Culinary Institute of America 2018. I’ve worked all ends of the restaurant industry—both front and back of the house. I write anything and everything about food. Additional interests include wine, cocktails, baseball, politics and more. I’m a disability advocate; living with Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy type 2A/R1.