Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I only got interested in cooking in the past 15 years, I’m 64 now you are never to old to learn how to cook and excel at it!
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Receive Text UpdatesTongan dishes, Tongan Chop Suey, lupulu Roasted Sea Bass! I also make a killer Thai Glass noodle Salad!
Who is your culinary inspiration?My aunties from Tonga
What would you do with the $25,000?Buy brand new cookware a professional stove, and cute dishes! Buy a lot of mason jars and share my amazing homemade canned Salsa I call Vampire Devil Because it has lots of garlic and some Heat!
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