Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
My greatest joy is making people happy with good food and sweets.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My mom; she learned to cook from my German grandmother. Mom was a fantastic cook.
What would you do with the $25,000?I would start a savings account for my grandson and take my husband, who is a 100% disabled veteran (Iraq and Afghanistan) to Normandy, as he loves history. Finally, I’d remodel my kitchen to have a wall oven. As I age, it’s harder to bend over and lift things from the oven.
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