Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I enjoy adapting recipes being flexible with ingredients using what is affordable to feed my family and friends. That is my love language
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Receive Text UpdatesEveryone has something favorite I make. I think my favorite is cabbage rolls. They are comforting hearty filling. They were one of my father’s favorite dishes my mother made. I love sharing them with people for the first time.
Who is your culinary inspiration?The women in my neighborhood growing up. They were all from different ethnic backgrounds who got together and taught each other signature dishes to feed their families the magic of that time has stayed with me my little neighborhood East End of Canonsburg, PA
What would you do with the $25,000?I wish I had something fabulous to say I would do. But probably use on our family. Our children and grandchildren. I’d like to bring our family together. Mate be a down payment on a piece of land they could come and make memories at and feed their families of course
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