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Former inmates learn how to cook on a budget in cooking class
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Nov 24, 2014
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Former inmates learn how to cook on a budget in cooking class
The California Report's April Dembosky visits a class where former inmates are learning their way around a kitchen.
Corcoran State Prison has a prison dairy where inmates can learn a job skill.
Former inmates can learn to cook on a budget through a cooking class at a health clinic.
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The California Report's April Dembosky visits a class where former inmates are learning their way around a kitchen.

Thanksgiving. It's hard not to love a holiday that's all about food.

Unless you're the one who has to do all the shopping and cooking.

But here's an interesting story - it's about a cooking class for a group of folks who haven't had the chance to do much cooking in a very, very long time.

The California Report's April Dembosky visits a class where former inmates are learning their way around a kitchen.