Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Cooking is how I show love to those around me. I've cooked and learned since I was little and continue to learn every day. It's my favorite
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Who is your culinary inspiration?There are so many. Antonia, both Voltagio brothers, Marcel Vingniron, Brit, Alex Guarnaschelli.
What would you do with the $25,000?I'd redo my 1950s kitchen and build an outdoor cook shed.
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