Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I love creating homemade recipes with whatever I have on hand! Self taught and inspired by all the food networks over the years. Love Carla!
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Receive Text UpdatesAnything pasta! Along with grilled protein! Shrimp , steak or chicken I do them all. I usually just open the fridge and see what I have and go from there.
Who is your culinary inspiration?I love all the food networks and have learned so much watching them. so Bobby Flay , Michael Symom, Guy Fieri, Anne Burrell And of coarse Carla Hall! For a young age my Mom worked so I would make dinner a lot for the family of 6. I also watched my grandmother in law make old Italian dishes and she taught me so much. My granddaughter Lola has always said since she was young that the food I make tastes like a Restaurant. I love cooking for her and family & friends!
What would you do with the $25,000?I would use it to make an outdoor kitchen! And maybe take a dream trip to Italy. And maybe spread it out and write my cookbook.
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