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The opening as it read in 2005
Sandra Lee's book Sandra Lee is an American author and television host. Her style is semi-homemade and her philosophy is "70% store-bought/ready-made products accompanied by 30% fresh and creative touches allow anyone to take 100% of the credit for an incredible result." Lee has two best-selling books: Semi-Homemade Cooking and Semi-Homemade Desserts . Lee also has a show on the Food Network , Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee .1
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Sandra Lee (born Sandra Lee Christiansen on July 3, 1966 in Los Angeles, California ) is an American television cook and author .Lee is best-known for her "Semi-Homemade" cooking concept which involves 70% pre-packaged products with 30% fresh items.Food Network star Sandra Lee peeled onions as a youth at the Puyallup Fair - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):
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Sandra Lee (born Sandra Lee Christiansen on July 3, 1966) is an American television chef and author.
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American chef For other people named Sandra Lee, see Sandra Lee (disambiguation) .Sandra Lee Christiansen (born July 3, 1966) is an American television chef and author .She is known for her "Semi-Homemade" cooking concept, which Lee describes as using 70 percent pre-packaged products and 30 percent fresh items.As the partner of Governor Andrew Cuomo , she served as New York 's de facto First Lady from 2011 to 2019, when the couple ended their relationship.
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American television chef and author Sandra Lee Christiansen ( née Waldroop ; born July 3, 1966), known professionally as Sandra Lee , is an American television chef and author .She is known for her "Semi-Homemade" cooking concept, which Lee describes as using 70 percent packaged and 30 percent fresh products.She received the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lifestyle/Culinary Show Host in 2012 for her work and her show.As the partner of former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo , she served as the de facto First Lady Of New York from 2011 to 2019, when the couple ended their relationship.
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American television chef and author Sandra Lee Christiansen ( née Waldroop ; born July 3, 1966), known professionally as Sandra Lee , is an American television chef and author . She is known for her "Semi-Homemade" cooking concept, which Lee describes as using 70 percent packaged products and 30 percent fresh ingredients. She received the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lifestyle/Culinary Show Host in 2012 for her work and her show. As the partner of former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo , she served as the de facto first lady of New York from 2011 to 2019, when the couple ended their relationship.
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american author and television host
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american television chef and author
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