Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Because I’m a great at home cook! I love to make comfort food for the people I love. I should win because I am a compassionate-loving cook.
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Receive Text UpdatesMushroom Chicken Baby Back Ribs Tacos Country Fried Steak Cubed Steak Zucchini Casserole Fried green tomatoes Fried squash blossom Fried ocra Ocra and tomatoes with rice Prime Rib
Who is your culinary inspiration?Carla Hall Micheal Simon Ree Dumound Trisha Yearwood
What would you do with the $25,000?Open a beach style restaurant at the beach!
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