Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000

Quarter-Finalist

Dana Miller

I love watching the expressions and hearing the mmm mmm mmm’s from my friends and family when they taste my meals made with love. ❤️

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Who or what inspires you to cook?

My 2 handsome sons are #1. I have loving memories of my mom and nanas in the kitchen growing up & knowing my dudes will have those same memories of me cooking, melts my heart. Potlucks at work, when my coworkers request certain dishes, so awesome. When I try a new dish eating out I recreate it at home and add my own spin and a big pinch of love.

What's your all time favorite dish to make?

All thanksgiving dishes, too bad it’s only once a year LOL. Braised beef or lamb over creamy cheesy polenta or buttery mashed potatoes, the aroma of herbs garlic wine taking over the house so wonderful(is it weird that I love the smell of garlic on my hands?). My moms dishes beef stroganoff spaghetti, nana’s fried chicken no recipe needed it’s all from memory from cooking with them growing up.

What would you do with the $25,000?

I would love to use it for a down payment on a home, a home with an awesome kitchen where my sons and future grandkids can come to eat drink and be merry. A home filled with love and garlic hahaha.

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