Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I’m a mom I have to. Cooking is a therapy. I don’t just make food, I create moments.
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Receive Text UpdatesFettuccini with garlic sauce, shrimp included ofcourse and rack of lamb in red wine sauce. Special occasions!!!
Who is your culinary inspiration?Actually a tough question. I have so many but aside from Carla Hall, probably Marcus Samuelson,
What would you do with the $25,000?I’m a single mother going to school, working, and raising my son in this crazy world. I didn’t grow up with a safety net so putting some of it away and putting some down on a house is my goal.
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