Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Because I’m authentic & consistent I’m ME -One of a kind. Playful, ambitious, passionate, fearless. me. my food is honest - and DELICIOUS!
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It changes according to my mood or the season… I.E. pistachio crusted rack of lamb, crispy pork schnitzel w/brown butter & capers, perfectly cooked bone in ribeye w/sherried, thymed mushrooms and horseradish cream, crispy roasted potatoes, charred Moroccan spiced carrots, hand rolled gnocchi w Gorgonzola cream sauce, runny yoke/herbed ricotta ravioli
Who is your culinary inspiration?My mom. She cooked every meal, we ate as a family every meal and she taught me how food keeps people together, how food is the greatest gift of love and care.
What would you do with the $25,000?Remodel the kitchen in my desert home to support the soup food truck I one day hope to purchase!
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