Catering business owner refuses to share late grandma's family recipe with 35-year-old cousin after she says that she's not a "real cook" because she never went to culinary school: 'She disrespected my work'

The thing about the arts is that you don't really need any formal schooling. Sure, having a Fine Arts degree might give you a very slight leg up on your resume for a residency, but anyone with hands-on experience and a good body of work will be just as qualified. While you can certainly improve your technical skills in the arts through education and workshops, there are plenty of naturally-gifted individuals that can get by with practice alone.

The culinary arts, much like other artistic pursuits, is much the same. While you do need training in order to cook up some very specific dishes, all you really need in order to simply be a good cook is to know your way around the kitchen and a thing or two about flavor. That's why our protagonist is so taken aback when her cousin disparages her successful catering business just because she never went to culinary school. You know who else never did, though? Their grandmother. And now this entitled cousin is demanding her recipes to impress her dinner guests.

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AITA for refusing to give my cousin the family recipe after she said I "wasn't even a real cook"?

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Right, grandma also wasn't a “real cook” by her standards. Why would she be interested in her recipe?
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You cannot be so candidly mean to someone, their business, and their work and then expect favors from them! This is just beyond entitled.
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