Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I have been cooking since I was young. I have been married 50 years and can't say I'm a spectacular cook, but love cooking for those I love
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Alex Guarnaschelli or Bobby Flay
What would you do with the $25,000?I would update my kitchen
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