Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
After the death of my son, I decided I wanted to learn how to make a chicken pot pie. so I began baking until got right.
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Receive Text UpdatesPies are my signature dish. I love, baking pies, mostly fruit, pies, and chicken pot pie. Everyone loves my pies.
Who is your culinary inspiration?I always like to cook and then I started working for Mrs. Mulder. She always is 90 years old and she was the best cook now I’m cooking for her and her husband they love my cooking.
What would you do with the $25,000?I’m not sure maybe travel or most of all paint my kitchen and put in a new floor
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