Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I love to cook Southern and I love Carla Hall!!! I am a wife, a mother and Nana and I love to cook dishes that everyone enjoys.
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Receive Text UpdatesFudge. I make it every year at Christmas and everyone looks forward to getting some as a gift.
Who is your culinary inspiration?My grandmother and my mother were great cooks and I make many of their dishes with my own twist.
What would you do with the $25,000?I will contribute it to our church's food outreach ministry.
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