Melinda Winner is a very talented chef and cookbook author that has devoted her life to helping the physically challenged. She herself suffers from five forms of arthritis and a birth injury. One of the forms of arthritis she suffers from is rheumatoid arthritis. This particular form causes severe pain as well as it is crippling. Melinda does not define her life by her disease as a matter of fact she has used this disease to help millions in their battle against arthritis. Melinda writes a daily blog on blog spot. She also has two completed books, Yankee cooking with Southern Charm and A complete illustrated guide to cooking with arthritis.
She has won many national recipe contests and competed on the food networks Ultimate recipe showdown in 2008. This woman has made it her life's work to help others despite her own diversities. Before Melinda's illness she wore many hats. She was an art director in the motion picture industry, a celebrity interviewer, and ran a rescue for horses. Melinda has three children which two she adopted, she also has five grandchildren. Melinda moved to Gulfport Mississippi to help in the rebuilding after hurricane Katrina slammed the gulf coast. She volunteered for the Red Cross. Melinda also took the public speaking class at camp Mash in 2008 for the National arthritis foundation and signed on to be an ambassador for her congressional district in Mississippi. Melinda was born 1961 in Pittsburgh PA. the daughter of Thomas Painter and Dorothy Lowe Painter
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