Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I cook from the heart—simple, real food that brings people together and leaves them full, comforted, and coming back for more.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My husband of 38 years Pat inspired me to learn to cook since I literally didn’t for the first 20 years.
What would you do with the $25,000?Start a roadside bakery/home cooking business in my very small mountain home in Montana
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