Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I have a huge passion for cooking, I want you to taste the love I put into everything I make.
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Receive Text UpdatesCajun pasta made with the trinity, spices, a few secret things, chicken, fresh gulf shrimp and Down Home sausage straight from Stonewall, La near where I was raised.
Who is your culinary inspiration?My Nanny & Momma were my biggest inspiration! I’ve been in the kitchen with them since I was a little girl. My hearts so happy making Nanny’s biscuits and momma’s chicken & dumpling. Now I create my own recipes, cook with my grandkid’s and feeding anyone who’s hungry!
What would you do with the $25,000?First I’d buy my husband a scooter, he has spinal stenosis and is disabled, that would change so much for him! Then with the remaining I’d help our local shelters to feed the homeless in our town!
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