| | ALEXANDRIA IS A CALIFORNIA NATIVE, SHE WAS BORN IN SANTA BARBARA | |
| | | ALI ATTENDED COLLEGE AT THE U o f O IN OREGON, SHE BEGAN AS AN ARCHITECT MAJOR | |
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| | AS SHE BECAME LESS ENCHANTED WITH ARCHITECTURE OR "ARCHI-TORTURE"... | |
| | | SHE SOON BECAME FASCINATED WITH SCUBA DIVING IN THE COLD PACIFIC NORTHWEST WATER | |
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| | WHILE AT U of O, SHE TRAVELED ABROAD TO FLORENCE TO PURSUE HER PHOTOGRAPHY | |
| | | IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO LOVE THE CULTURE AS WELL AS THE REGIONAL TUSCAN CUISINE! | |
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| | ALI GRADUATED FROM THE RENOWNED CULINARY SCHOOL, "APICIUS" WHILE ABROAD | |
| | | AFTER COLLEGE, ALI MOVED BACK TO THE S.F BAY AREA TO BE CLOSE TO HER FAMILY | |
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| | IN 2002, ALI DECIDED TO FURTHER HER CULINARY PASSION AND ATTEND THE C.C.A | |
| | | SHE COMPLETED HER DEGREE WITH AN EXTERNSHIP AT A MAJOR HOTEL ON MAUI IN HAWAII | |
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| | SHE LOVED HAWAII SO MUCH SHE DECIDED TO MOVE THERE FOR ALL THE ALOHA! | |
| | | AFTER A WHILE SHE DECIDED SHE WAS LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER, AND HAD TO MOVE ON | |
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| | HER TRAVELS LED HER TO THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, WHERE SHE HAD SO MANY ADVENTURES... | |
| | | SHE ALSO HAD MANY MISADVENTURES, BUT STUDIED MOROCCAN COOKING! | |
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| | WHEN ALI FINALLY RETURNED HOME SHE HAD A TOTALLY NEW CHALLENGE AWAITING HER... | |
| | | TEACHING COOKING TO CHILDREN... A DREAM COME TRUE! | |
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| | ALI LOVES KIDS AGAIN, BUT ONLY SINCE SHE RETIRED FROM TEACHING, THANK GOD... | |
| | | NOW SHE SPENDS HER DAYS DOING WHAT SHE LOVES BEST, COOKING FOR OTHERS!!! | |
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| | To contact Ali, email at ali@alicatscatering.com or call (510) 301-2347 | |
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