Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
My mom was a home economics teacher and she started teaching me to cook when I was very young. I’d love to learn more.
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I grew up cooking midwestern style food, lots of casseroles. Then later in life I worked in a lot of Mexican restaurants. Then I lived in the Caribbean and learned a wildly different cuisine.
Who is your culinary inspiration?My grandma, my mother, and Alex Guarnaschelli lol
What would you do with the $25,000?Donate half to a food bank
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