Former Springfield resident Cheryl Alters Jamison, a cookbook author, has received four of the prestigious James Beard Foundation Awards, considered the "Oscars of the food world."
Jamison is a graduate of Sangamon State University, where she received her M.A. in community arts management in 1977.
Jamison was featured in a June 24, 2009, article in the State Journal-Register.
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