Cooking Up Care

Brenda 'Mama' West, professional chef, poses for a photo in the kitchen of her restaurant, Ramstein village, Germany, Feb. 25, 2010. Mama West has been volunteering her time and cooking skills to feed U.S. servicemembers and wounded warriors in the KMC for over a decade. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tony R. Ritter)

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Cooking Up Comfort

Brenda 'Mama' West, professional chef, prepares peaches to be baked into a peach cobbler in the kitchen of her restaurant, Ramstein village, Germany, Feb. 25, 2010. Mama West has been volunteering her time and cooking skills to feed U.S. servicemembers and wounded warriors in the KMC for over a decade. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tony R. Ritter)

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Cooking Up Comfort

Brenda 'Mama' West, professional chef, rolls out a crust for a cobbler in the kitchen of her restaurant, Ramstein village, Germany, Feb. 25, 2010. Mama West has been volunteering her time and cooking skills to feed U.S. servicemembers and wounded warriors in the KMC for over a decade. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tony R. Ritter)

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Cooking Up Comfort

Brenda 'Mama' West, professional chef, cooks up a meal in the kitchen of her restaurant, Ramstein village, Germany, Feb. 25, 2010. Mama West has been volunteering her time and cooking skills to feed U.S. servicemembers and wounded warriors in the KMC for over a decade. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tony R. Ritter)

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Cooking Up Comfort

Brenda 'Mama' West, professional chef, pours cornbread batter into a pan in the kitchen of her restaurant, Ramstein village, Germany, Feb. 25, 2010. Mama West has been volunteering her time and cooking skills to feed U.S. servicemembers and wounded warriors in the KMC for over a decade. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tony R. Ritter)

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Cooking Up Comfort

Brenda 'Mama' West, professional chef, mixes a cornbread batter in the kitchen of her restaurant, Ramstein village, Germany, Feb. 25, 2010. Mama West has been volunteering her time and cooking skills to feed U.S. servicemembers and wounded warriors in the KMC for over a decade. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tony R. Ritter)

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Cooking Up Comfort

Brenda 'Mama' West, professional chef, mixes a cornbread batter in the kitchen of her restaurant, Ramstein village, Germany, Feb. 25, 2010. Mama West has been volunteering her time and cooking skills to feed U.S. servicemembers and wounded warriors in the KMC for over a decade. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tony R. Ritter)

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CASF USO

Ms. Rebecca Voelker, CASF USO Manager, sets out food at the Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility (CASF) on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Feb. 25, 2010. The CASF USO facilitated a home cooked meal made by "Mama" West for patients of the CASF. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brea Miller)

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CASF

Ms. Rebecca Voelker, CASF USO Manager, lights a chafing dishwarmer at the Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility (CASF) on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Feb. 25, 2010. The CASF USO facilitated a home cooked meal made by "Mama" West for patients of the CASF. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brea Miller)

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CASF

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Luke Stricevic, infantry rifleman, 4th Battalion Landing Team, Camp Pendleton, California, prepares his plate at the Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility (CASF) on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Feb. 25, 2010. Corporal Stricevic sat down for a home cooked meal made by 'Mama' West during his stay at the CASF. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brea Miller)

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A Taste of Home

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Octavio Ojeda, radio operator, 4th Battalion Landing Team, Camp Pendleton, California and Army Pvt. 1st Class David Bradley, chemical speculator, 343rd Medical Company based out of Richmond, V.A., eat at the Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility (CASF) on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Feb. 25, 2010. The servicemembers sat down for a home cooked meal made by 'Mama' West during their stay at the CASF. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brea Miller)

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CASF

A group of servicemembers watch television during a meal at the Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility (CASF) on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Feb. 25, 2010. The military personnel sat down for a home cooked meal made by 'Mama' West during his stay at the CASF. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brea Miller)

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Cooking Up Comfort

Published March 2, 2010

Cooking Up Care

Cooking Up Comfort

Cooking Up Comfort

Cooking Up Comfort

Cooking Up Comfort

Cooking Up Comfort

Cooking Up Comfort

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A Taste of Home

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