Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
My big sister suggested I sign up for this. I’m here because SHE believes in me. I love to eat & learn new dishes. I’m good either way.
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Receive Text UpdatesI don’t have a signature dish. I go where my tastebuds take me.
Who is your culinary inspiration?Originally Food Network was my inspiration. Family recipes were next. Then family get-togethers & the desire for new dishes, new flavors. My niece Janelle encouraged me to bring bold new flavors to our family functions and that’s exactly what we continue to do.
What would you do with the $25,000?With $25k I’d open brokerage accounts for the youngest members of my family. Create an irrevocable family trust. Open an interest accruing escrow account. And put $5000 into my Roth IRA. Lastly I’d buy 50 $20 scratch offs.
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