Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
CookIng is therapy for me it's also my love language i I absolutely love cooking for family friends and loved ones Iretired September 30th
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Most definitely my Father Big AL only exterior and acquaintances called him that because he's a Sr...His siblings call him Gene short for Albert Eugene Green Sr.i will exclude Mom Evangelist Martha A.Green she could definitely throw down and then of course there's Matilda "Til" "Gram" "Motha" Crawford Crawford Wright not enough characters to her other 4 or maybe 5 birth middle names simply magical in the kitchen.I also have to give a nod to my Aunt's E.Jean West &am
What would you do with the $25,000?25000 would pay just a portion of debt enough to see clearly to a path of debt free retirement and reset. I was DX with Acute Long Covid Syndrome in 2023 and it has taken its toll on the and I retired from the Internal Revenue Service on September 30th 2025 and have of this date not received any retirement money 25k will help restore somethings but more importantly everyone says you should open a restaurant but I'm fully aware that Restaurant and Food Industry is brutal buy steps are ordered
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