Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Because I cook with laughter and love. The food is about making people smile and forget their troubles for a little while. That is me.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Bobby Flay
What would you do with the $25,000?I would pay bills and put the rest towards a food truck.
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