Case Study Of Dixie: Hello Moriah Miller

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Dixie: Hello Moriah Miller and welcome to our group. Can’t wait to get to know you better. I love the culinary shows that are on TV. I am happy for you that you are going to school for this. I think that it is great that we shall have another great chef out there. Do you know what part of this week project that you would like to do? As we have a contract do on Monday that we each have to submit. I would like to be one of the people that get outside help this week. So I would like to be gatherer/researcher – locates outside information to incorporate into the

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