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Ex-software engineer brings in $129,000 a year making pasta in her kitchen—and selling it for up to $240 a box

By Reuters
21 August 2023   |   2:50 pm
Fiona Afshar has written software, worked as a florist and raised three kids. She never thought she'd cook for money. Growing up in Iran, she was taught food meant love. "The more we feed you, the more we love you," Afshar, 57, tells CNBC Make It. In 2018, she started her Instagram @cookingwithfiona, specifically to post instructional cooking videos she'd filmed for her daughter.

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