Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Cause Carla and I will throw down and have a great time laughing.
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Spring shrimp and grits, drag my grits through the garden on the way to the sea.
Who is your culinary inspiration?Yan can cook, Ming Tsai, Emerald, Julia, That cajun guy on PBS "ooohweeeee," Martha, Ina, Bobby, Carla... I love a good TV chef
What would you do with the $25,000?Get my college degree, 30 years in the making.
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