Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I just love to cook and feed people and people are always happy when fed.
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Pasta of ant kind. Coming from a 1st generation Sicilian family we always eat a lot Of different pasta dishes.
Who is your culinary inspiration?My Mother. She taught me everything I know about cooking.
What would you do with the $25,000?It Would help my husband and myself in our next stage which is retiring. Travel with our family and enjoy each other.
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