__paula Blevllis Russell Food

__TERESA HANNAN SMITH

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• Cooks tend to be a generous lot, and Teresa Hannan Smith makes a point of sharing the bounty of her life not just with guests at her table but with four-legged folk wherever she is. "I carry three kinds of dog and cat food in my car and feed strays everywhere I go." While she never gets the raves from her animal guests that she got from the Bake-Off® Contest judges, Teresa considers cats and dogs among the most gratifying of her diners.From "Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off® Cookbook." Copyright 2004 General Mills. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

__PAULA BLEVLLIS-RUSSELL

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• When it came to fine-tuning her recipe for Stuffed Poblano Chile Peppers, Paula Blevins-Russell let her oven do the work. "Our family loves Mexican, and I love poblanos. Many recipes call for roasting poblano peppers first. To save time, I left out that step, and they taste great anyway. When they are in the oven, they 'roast' on their own." Paula said she came up with the recipe simply by "pulling things out of the cupboard." She advises, "Cooking is easy. Just be creative and think about what would taste good together."From "Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off® Cookbook." Copyright 2004 General Mills. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.