Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Because I learned how to cook from an amazing cook,and have just gotten better and more creative over the years.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Alex guarnaschelli
What would you do with the $25,000?A trip to find ancestor in Scotland, Ireland and England.
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