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ike many Southern women, Vera Stewart grew up in the kitchen. Days were spent writing recipe cards for her grandmother (after whom she’s named), and helping her mother prepare the famous egg salad that was a mainstay in their refrigerator. But for the Augusta native, these memories became the start of something bigger. And that something is a nearly 40-year career in the food industry. A career that has taken many twists and turns, including a highly successful mail-order business that gained the attention of Oprah, Oscar de la Renta and St. Simons Island’s own Davis Love III, a catering company that has served prestigious Masters Week events for more than 35 years, and a cooking show, The VeryVera Show, which can be seen on WSAV3 on Sunday mornings at 7:00 a.m. is in its sixth season and syndicated in eight markets.
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