Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I love to cook, create dishes, & enjoy seeing them eat what I create.I have a traveling art exhibit, the $ would help me a lot
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Paula Dean because she is not afraid of butter
What would you do with the $25,000?I have a traveling art exhibit. I take found objects, to recreate various time periods and events from the Black experience: Black Cowboys, the Green Book, Rosa Parks, etc. All money comes out of my pocket. I am a senior citizen, so even though I love doing this, it is very expensive. This money would help a lot
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