Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
To share how cooking saved my life! I’m sexy and fab; and the world should taste my amazing food! I want folks to hear my story
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My mother, grandmother, father and aunts are my true inspirations.
What would you do with the $25,000?I would open an international cafe that accommodates EVERYONE for a reasonable price and I would accept EBT!!!
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