Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Because I would totally open up my own restaurant. I love to cook, it's a big part of my soul and who I am.
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My grandmother, Lillian Pirozzi
What would you do with the $25,000?Write and publish my own cookbook
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