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Winning Across the Board

fter Kerry Sylvester left the military in 2003, she moved to Oklahoma and earned a degree in business management. But she also claimed a more informal distinction—she was the designated “charcuterie person” in her social circle. “When we bring food to our friends’ homes, we want them to say, ‘Wow, you made that?’” she says. Still, as a working single mother, Sylvester didn’t always

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