Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I love the language of cooking, when I cook I want others to feel loved
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Martha Stewart
What would you do with the $25,000?Build an amazing kitchen
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