Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Cooking brings joy to my life and I enjoy putting all my love into it
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Putting all types of ingredients into the mealti make it tast delicious
What would you do with the $25,000?Pay off all my debts and my home and do alot of upgrades to live comfortably
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