Maybe it's something that's very good, and you think about it. 'It's something when you're preparing food that evokes an emotion or a memory. She said it's a compliment to a chef when a food invokes positive memories. She also recalled getting pumpkin whoopies at the annual Bath Craft Show, fighting over the remaining two from a six-pack. She always took the leftover pie dough and either salted it or cinnamon-sugared it. 'She used to give those to everybody at Christmas. 'One of her favorite things she used to make were these almost pie dough-wrapped hot dogs,' she said. She said she learned from her grandmother's made-from scratch style, but early childhood memories of her great-grandmother also stuck with her. She said the people in Texas don't know how to make the kinds of pizzas she missed from Lima, including Fat Jack's, Beer Barrel and Rigali's, saying 'no one has pizza like that here.' It's been about five years since she last visited the area, but she still has family and friends here. She thinks fondly about growing up in Lima.

She thinks she has enough money set aside to open the Milk and Honey Baking Company soon in Texas. Every time I've competed up until now, I saved my money to work toward that dream. Other than that, I want to open my own store. 'God blessed me with all of these opportunities that I've been able to have along the way.

'I believe in tithing and giving back to the church,' she said by phone from her home in Galveston, Texas, where she's lived the past 15 years. The Lima native was at the top of her craft last weekend, winning the 2024 World Food Championships in Bentonville, Arkansas, and claiming the top prize of $150,000. 20-Bethany Boedicker has come a long way, from munching on her great-grandmother's 'bonus snack' pie dough in Lima to wowing judges at an international competition.

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