Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I would love to start a cooking class for kids with simple recipes which is how I cook
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Anyone Italian. But from a young age, my Dad taught me to cook real home cooking.
What would you do with the $25,000?Start a cooking class for kids. My grandsons love to cook and try everything so I want to encourage kids to explore different foods and I think if they cook it they will taste it.
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