Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I love to eat I love to cook My family has a list of my best can’t eat out lol
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My grandmother and mother. They both loved to share their foods with family and friends
What would you do with the $25,000?Help my daughter open her own restaurant. We’ve talked about it for years. All my kids love to cook as well and share stories and food
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