[chef] converting attributes to ruby hash

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Hi!

I've been wrestling with this issue ever since we got auto-upgraded to Chef 
11,
and I can't find a good solution. How do I recursively convert an attribute
into an ordinary ruby hash? I've posted a better description of the problem on
stack overflow:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14738364/chef-11-any-way-to-turn-attributes-into-a-ruby-hash

I would love any pointers here!

Thanks,
--Igor