Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Food heals, It reaches people, and removes the babble people want to share their history and speak the language that is understood by all.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Paul Prudhomme
What would you do with the $25,000?Take my wife on a 34yr. Anniversary trip Starting out in New Orleans.
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