Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I live breathe and sleep foodđź¤and baking, I religiously watch food programs, have a million cook books, love creating new recipes, cooking
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My grandmother, The urban peasant and whatever I grow in the garden
What would you do with the $25,000?Start my food truck business so I can feed the less fortunate
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