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

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Eric

I am absolutely, hopelessly, in love with food. It's what makes us human. Cooking is one of the most beautiful platforms for learning.

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Who or what inspires you to cook?

First and foremost my grandma. She was an old school country cook. Made her own noodles, hand dug dirt pantry filled with pickles and preserves. I can still remember watching her from the stairs above the kitchen.

What's your all time favorite dish to make?

Pasta. Flour/high egg ratio, kneeded by hand. Watching it literally transformed in my hands is most satisfying. Making agnolotti and other stuffed pasta is a special treat.

What would you do with the $25,000?

Put it toward my own business. I want to open my own gourmet kitchen supply/ cooking store.

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