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Some of her favorite personalities are food
blogger Jessica Merchant of How Sweet Eats
and Greek chef Akis Petretzikis. She said when
Petretzikis followed her back on Instagram,
she was so excited, she called her mom.
“He is only following 200 people,” she said.
Papanikolaou is a social media success
in her own right. She has secured sponsorships
with illy, Frank’s RedHot and SkinnyPop
Popcorn, who send her food and ask that she
create a recipe with the ingredient for a blog
post. Recently she was invited to create recipes
for a Brooklyn popup by feedfeed.
She said she doesn’t say yes to everything
so she can remain authentic. “If it’s something
I don’t eat, I’ll turn it down,” she said. For example,
she won’t make a recipe with an ingredient
that has corn syrup.
Papanikolaou said she tries to keep recipes
simple, because she understands cooking can
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