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"They approach you, and you're naive, and you say "Sure! -- not knowing what's involved," [Nina Notaro] says with a laugh.
"Everything was in my carry-on," she says. "My cakes were in there, the dishes were in there. I kept carrying my bag flat to keep everything upright and people kept saying, 'You know that bag has wheels and you can just roll it!'""As an individual competitor, you don't have a coach. You have to dig down deep," she says. "It's just you. It's just your creation. You have to go with your gut, don't second-guess yourself. If it looks good to you and it's the best you can do -- you go with it."See the full content of this document
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She Takes the Cake
Winnipeg chef Nina Notaro competed in the world's most important culinary competition and won gold for her quintessentially Canadian creation
It's fun to catch up with old friends during the holiday season.Back in 2004, when last we met Winnipegger Nina Notaro, she had just published her cookbook Retro Cooks: Brand Name Recipes From the 1940s to 1970s. Since then, she got married, and became an educational assistant at the Louis Riel Arts & Technology Centre.Oh, yeah -- she also went out and won a gold medal at the 22nd Culinary Olympics in Erfurt, Germany, in October.A Star is BornNota...See the full content of this document
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