Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I have love to cook ever since i was a young kid. So much so that i used to pretend that i was on a cooking show and would make dishes
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Julia Child
What would you do with the $25,000?Use it to help with a small sandwich shop in my community
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