Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Love to Cook and want to share my food with everyone
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My gramother Margaret The frugal gourmet Yen can cook Julia child My mother Marie and the iron chef Japan
What would you do with the $25,000?Create an open kitchen and grill for my community. Teach the young to create new and interesting food using traditional ingredients we grow and still gather from our surroundings.
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