Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
My food is original with old school twist
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Grandmother and my mom she cook different.
What would you do with the $25,000?Put down payment on a home. My first grandchild got a full ride TSU in Memphis. I want make sure she has what she needs for school.
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