A B.C. woman香蕉视频直播檚 culinary legacy continues to live on digitally and will now help support North Island College (NIC) students.
Ruth 香蕉视频直播淩ootitoot香蕉视频直播� McCusker of Campbell River was well-known in the online Instant Pot recipe community. She shared her family recipes, which were adapted for the counter-top kitchen appliance, with a loyal online following and had self-published two cookbooks.
McCusker passed away earlier this year after a brief illness. She was 65.
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Her children, Brian Wilkowski and Linda Ramos, have set up an endowment with the NIC Foundation to honour their mother香蕉视频直播檚 memory and to support students who are interested in pursing a career in the culinary arts.
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McCusker first became active in the online Instant Pot community on Facebook in 2018, according to .
She ended up starting her own group, , which has grown to more than 100,000 members. (Her family continues to run the group.)
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McCusker altered many of her recipes,香蕉视频直播漷reasured family heirlooms香蕉视频直播� that were developed over four decades to be suitable for the One Pot. She had recipes for Beef Stew and Rootitoot Cinnamon Pork Chops; Rootitoot Cheesecake and Rootitoot Lemon Curd; even Rootitoot Scalloped Potatoes and Rootitoot Sweet Potato Dream. She offered tips and tricks to her 香蕉视频直播渇lowers,香蕉视频直播� the name given to the group香蕉视频直播檚 members.
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She was remembered by writer (and One Pot user) Katie Baker in another obituary, this time published on the .
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The group, now at 102,342 members, continues to grow. But McCusker also had a website, where followers could find recipes and order the two volumes of her self-published cookbook. It香蕉视频直播檚 on this site and the Facebook group that her family notified followers that McCusker had died. It香蕉视频直播檚 also where Wilkowski and Ramos began a fundraiser and matched donations. The final tally, $42,862.48 (after being matched by the siblings) will be put into the Ruth 香蕉视频直播淩ootitoot香蕉视频直播� McCusker Wilkowski Memorial Bursary Endowment Fund and will be put towards a yearly award for an aspiring culinary student.
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