Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I enjoy cooking and watching my friends and family love my food
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My kids
What would you do with the $25,000?I am a single mom. I put down a down payment on a home for myself and my 14 year old daughter.
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