"She said she learned more about life as an MRA than in any other endeavor at Harvard," North writes in an e-mail message.
Cabot House Master James H. Ware says one of his former assistants had a passion for gourmet cooking--but tended to ignore quantity in her obsession with quality.
The result, Ware says, was that often only a handful of the 100 or so guests at open houses were able to enjoy her dozen cookies or single loaf of bread.
Now, Ware says, Cabot is benefiting from the strength of an ex-football player who is great for carrying groceries and shifting heavy furniture.
More often then not, though, the position draws people who are comfortable in the kitchen.
Veronika Cveckova, an assistant to the masters in Winthrop House and a student at Harvard Divinity School, says she took the job because of all the cooking.
"You get to cook, and I love cooking," she says.
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