Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I am channeling my grandmothers and my mother! Mother took lessons in her 50s. I have the need to show off her stuff and what I learned.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Apart from my relatives, I have accumulated multiple cookbooks and recipes from the magazines and friends. Betty Crocker is my staple, Better Homes, two main Arabic cookbooks my mother had given me, Iranian food from my exhusband (the only thing I got from him besides my little diamond), Julia Child's cookbook, an Italian cookbook from the fifties, and Four Seasons and Food and Wine---AND Food Network and Cooking Channels! The chefs on the channels give meaning to the terms and recipes.
What would you do with the $25,000?My husband and I want to buy a house. I am going to take the LSAT shortly to continue advocating for those who cannot for themselves. We need a stable location, and it is very expensive in San Diego.
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