Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I have a d list ver cooking for over 50 years and am now managing an ihop in training and learning new things everyday I enjoy cooking
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Who is your culinary inspiration?I have always liked food network chefs but emeril was my first instant lije
What would you do with the $25,000?Go home to California for my 50th high school reunion
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