Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Because I cook with love and passion. Straight from the soul
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Cooking with love and passion
What would you do with the $25,000?Use it towards owning a small pizza joint
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