COLE CAMP — Brazilian bode peppers, gourmet pizza, fine food, the Sacramento valley in California, and a state-of-the-art kitchen all have one thing in common: cook Tim Holdeman, of Cole Camp.
Holdeman has loved to cook from his earliest memories.
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