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Christina Mandelski

May 30, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

TPIB: Food Fight based on The Sweetest Thing (by Christina Mandelski)

Funny story, I hate to cook.  But I am obsessed with The Food Network, especially shows like Iron Chef, Cupcake Wars and the Extreme Challenge.  So as I was sitting there reading The Sweetest Thing by Christina Mandelski, all I could think about was all the great cooking show programming you could do as a […]

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