Granddaughter continues 'Mama Dip's' sweet NC legacy Posted Mar 7, 2017 One of Tonya Council’s earliest memories involving food is spending time in the kitchen "watching my grandmother prepare breakfast.” Her grandmother is Mildred Council – better known as Mama Dip – and if you’ve ever had her down-home cooking, you wouldn’t forget it either. Tonya recently opened Tonya’s Cookie Company on Rosemary Street. (WRAL.com)