Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I love to cook and especially bake with my grandma. She went to CIA and almost got a food network show of her own.
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Receive Text UpdatesProfiteroles. Everyone loves them! My grandma and I give them to the neighbors at Christmas time . Now I am at Uni of Miami and she delivers her creations to me and all my friends at the dorms! She has a cult following and even some kids who want to be adopted by her for her cookies.
Who is your culinary inspiration?My grandma. She makes the best meatballs and the best desserts bar none!
What would you do with the $25,000?I would like to start a business or publish a cookbook. I’d also like to see more food grown locally more sustainably and food prepared in traditional methods.
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