Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I love cooking and gift most of my creations to family and friends
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Receive Text UpdatesI have several. Chicken and dumplings. Cauliflower mock twice baked potatoes, chicken bog, potato flake sour dough bread and cinnamon rolls.
Who is your culinary inspiration?My grandmother had me helping her cook since I was a child standing on a chair helping.
What would you do with the $25,000?Make my kitchen into a gourmet kitchen for cooking.
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