Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I love to cook and bake ! Two of my children have autism and I have seen good change then for the better it's been amazing to watch .
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Receive Text UpdatesMy signature dish is Mississippi roast
Who is your culinary inspiration?My grandmother and my dad
What would you do with the $25,000?Pay off student loans and take my kids on a long over due vacation
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