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NORWOOD – Wearing a white apron with the words Chow & Tell stitched across the front, eighth-grader Nadya Meriweather reads aloud the stuffed shells recipe on the back of a Barilla jumbo pasta shells box. Ohio superintendent of public instruction Paolo DeMaria stands next to her, having driven in from Columbus to guest star on the Norwood City School District s new cooking show. The district serves about 1,900 students and is one of the 50 most diverse school districts in the state, according to Niche.com. More than half of the student body is eligible for free or reduced price lunch. DeMaria asks Nadya s classmate, Eduardo Garcia, to check on the pot of saltwater heating up on the burner behind them. DeMaria explains that the salt raises the water s boiling point, making the pasta cook faster. ....