Catherine McCord (born May 10, 1974) is an American former

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, and

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hostess. She is the founder of ''Weelicious'', a website dedicated to helping parents expose their children to wholesome, delicious homemade food. She is also the co-founder of One Potato, an organic home meal delivery kit service, focused specifically on the mealtime needs of families, and the author of the cookbooks, ''Weelicious: One Family. One Meal.'' and ''Weelicious Lunches: Think Outside the Lunchbox''. McCord appears regularly on the

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'' as a judge and has had guest spots on the Food Network's shows ''

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'' and ''Duff Till Dawn''. She won the ''Guy's Grocery Games'' Delivery episode - ''Pantry-Palooza'', beating Melissa D'Arabian and Troy Johnson, and won $17,000 for

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research.

Biography

McCord was born in

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, and began modeling for

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at the age of 14. She has appeared on the covers of '' Glamour'' and ''

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'' magazines, and walked the runway for

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and

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. From 1999 to 2000 she was the female co-host of the MTV show ''

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''. ''

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'' magazine readers voted her one of the sexiest women in the world for 2001. McCord appeared in the films '' Stuck on You'', starring

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; '' Derailed'', starring

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and ''

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'' starring

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. She also appeared on ''

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'' (2005). She is a native of Louisville, Kentucky, and a graduate of Kentucky Country Day and the

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Blogging

McCord owns and runs Weelicious.com, a website which "provides a solution to parents' hectic lives by showing them how to cook recipes that are kid-friendly, quick, and nutritious" with an aim on making "cooking accessible using few, but fresh ingredients." The site is updated daily with a new recipe or tip and includes a weekly how-to cooking video. In August 2010, ''

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'' voted McCord one of the 50 most influential "Mommy Bloggers." She has appeared multiple times in ''People'', ''Self'' and '' Real Simple Magazine'', on the ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. She is a regular contributor to People.com, Baby Center, Lilsugar.com, and Goodbite.com.

Personal life

McCord is married to Jonathan Gordon and has three children.

Bibliography

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References

External links

Weelicious - Fast, Fresh & Easy Recipes Catherine McCord Bio
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