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Victoria Granof

Victoria Granof is a Brooklyn-based food creative and stylist who earned her culinary degree from Le Cordon Bleu. Cherry Bombe included her in their list of the 100 Most Inspiring Women in Food. She has worked on cookbooks with the likes of Marcus Samuelsson and Anthony Bourdain, and her work has appeared in Bon Appétit, New York magazine, and The New York Times, among others. However, some of her favorite clients include her college-age nieces, who look to her for easy and creative ways to give simple dorm-room meals an extra boost. Victoria is also the author of Chickpeas.

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