The Casserole Queens, 08.24.11

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

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The Casserole Queens are about to break onto the national scene after a stint on Bobby Flay's "Throwdown", an appearance on the Today Show later this month, and the success of their first cookbook.

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(Laura Skelding AMERICAN STATESMAN)

The Casserole Queens are about to break onto the national scene after a stint on Bobby Flay's "Throwdown", an appearance on the Today Show later this month, and the success of their first cookbook.

Story: Ahead of first book, Casserole Queens talk Bobby Flay, making it in the food biz

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Sandy Pollock (left) and Crystal Cook (right), aka The Casserole Queens, pose in Cook's kitchen in Austin.

Story: Ahead of first book, Casserole Queens talk Bobby Flay, making it in the food biz

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Sandy Pollock (left) and Crystal Cook (right), aka The Casserole Queens, pose in Cook's kitchen in Austin.

Story: Ahead of first book, Casserole Queens talk Bobby Flay, making it in the food biz

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Crystal Cook (left) and Sandy Pollock (right), aka The Casserole Queens, joke with Chase George (center) as he works on a book trailer to advertise the Casserole Queens' upcoming cook book.

Story: Ahead of first book, Casserole Queens talk Bobby Flay, making it in the food biz

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Sandy Pollock (left) and Crystal Cook (right), aka The Casserole Queens, share a laugh in Cook's kitchen in Austin.

Story: Ahead of first book, Casserole Queens talk Bobby Flay, making it in the food biz

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Sandy Pollock (left) and Crystal Cook (right), aka The Casserole Queens, share a quick toast in Cook's kitchen in Austin.

Story: Ahead of first book, Casserole Queens talk Bobby Flay, making it in the food biz

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Sandy Pollock (right) prepares to make a sauce while Crystal Cook (left) checks for orders online in Cook's kitchen in Austin.

Story: Ahead of first book, Casserole Queens talk Bobby Flay, making it in the food biz

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Sandy Pollock (left) prepares to make a sauce while Crystal Cook (right) checks for orders on line in Cook's kitchen in Austin. Pollock and Cook call themselves the Casserole Queens and hand deliver classic dishes while dressed in kitschy 1950's clothing.

Story: Ahead of first book, Casserole Queens talk Bobby Flay, making it in the food biz

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Crystal Cook (left) and Sandy Pollock (right), aka The Casserole Queens, reminisce in Cook's Austin home about their appearance on the Food Network's Throwdown! with Bobby Flay.

Story: Ahead of first book, Casserole Queens talk Bobby Flay, making it in the food biz

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Sandy Pollock (left) and Crystal Cook (right), aka The Casserole Queens, work at the table where they wrote their cook book together in Cook's Austin home. "We only had two months to write it," said Cook. "And we were both sick with colds the whole time," added Pollock.

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Sandy Pollock and Crystal Cook, aka The Casserole Queens, have collected a large selection of aprons. Some came from their own families and some were given to them by friends and fans.

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Sandy Pollock and Crystal Cook, aka The Casserole Queens, have collected a large selection of aprons. Some came from their own families and some were given to them by friends and fans.

Story: Ahead of first book, Casserole Queens talk Bobby Flay, making it in the food biz

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Sandy Pollock and Crystal Cook, aka The Casserole Queens, have collected a large selection of aprons. Some came from their own families and some were given to them by friends and fans.

Story: Ahead of first book, Casserole Queens talk Bobby Flay, making it in the food biz

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Sandy Pollock (left) and Crystal Cook (right), aka The Casserole Queens, display a small portion of a large apron collection near Cook's Austin home.

Story: Ahead of first book, Casserole Queens talk Bobby Flay, making it in the food biz

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Sandy Pollock (right) nearly loses a shoe while displaying a small portion of a large apron collection near Crystal Cook's (left) Austin home.

Story: Ahead of first book, Casserole Queens talk Bobby Flay, making it in the food biz

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Sandy Pollock (left) and Crystal Cook (right), aka The Casserole Queens, display a small portion of a large apron collection near Cook's Austin home.

Story: Ahead of first book, Casserole Queens talk Bobby Flay, making it in the food biz

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(Ben Fink)

Peanut butter pie from the Casserole Queens' new book, The Casserole Queens Cookbook.

Story: Ahead of first book, Casserole Queens talk Bobby Flay, making it in the food biz

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(Michael Lovitt)

Promotional hand out photo of Sandy Pollock and Crystal Cook of Casserole Queens, an Austin food delivery company, being featured in Bobby Flay's new cookbook.

Story: Ahead of first book, Casserole Queens talk Bobby Flay, making it in the food biz

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( Courtesy of the Casserole Queens)

Crystal Cook, left, and Sandy Pollock, right, posing with Bobby Flay during the Bobby Flay Throwdown.

Story: Ahead of first book, Casserole Queens talk Bobby Flay, making it in the food biz

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