“I think I speak for most chefs and line cooks when I say I hate cooking at other people’s houses. There are 37 knives and none of them are sharp, the spatulas are large, plastic, and unwieldly, and in the gadget drawer, you see three different tools for peeling garlic and you can only assume there’s a fourth in there preventing the drawer from opening all the way. You ask the host for a basic metal sheet tray to roast mushrooms on and Sharon proudly returns with a deranged As-Seen-On-TV brownie dish designed to cook only edge pieces, and she’ll have the audacity to ask you, “will this work?”
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Director of Content at Raleighwood Media Group + Raleighwood Event Group
Tara Pupilli, a 2011 graduate of East Carolina University, is a veteran broadcast media alum who started her professional career in radio, grew into digital and television marketing roles, and is now enjoying life in an agency setting. She loves spending time with her husband, two kids, two dogs, and heads to the coast any chance she can get.
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