Margaret H. Dickenson is a

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author, columnist and television host. Dickenson earned a degree in foods and

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from the

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, and has traveled around the world with her husband, a member of Canada's diplomatic corps. Her first cookbook, ''From the Ambassador's Table'', has received several international awards. Her second book, ''Margaret's Table - Easy Cooking & Inspiring Entertaining'', has been recognized as the "Best Cookbook in the World on Entertaining (2006)" by the

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. For five years she hosted a cooking and entertaining show on

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called ''Margaret's Sense of Occasion''. In 2003 she was one of 76 recipients of a Macdonald Institute's Centennial Award. In 2005, she won two first prizes and one second prize in The Birkett Mills' International Culinary Professionals

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recipe competition (winning one prize in each of the three categories).

Bibliography

*''From the Ambassador's Table'', 1996, *''Margaret's Table'', 2006,

References

External links

Margaret's Sense of Occasion official website
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