Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I love food and challenge and keep doing it till it is right and I never give up. And above all else I love to cook for family and friends.
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Receive Text UpdatesLasagna from scratch even down to the homemade sauce, cheese and pasta served with a classic Caesar salad and homemade breadsticks.
Who is your culinary inspiration?My Family from the time I was big enough to stand on a stool I was in the kitchen helping make dumplings and dilly bread and cookies and so much more .
What would you do with the $25,000?I would like to put it towards a small bakery with the possibilities of growing it to a restaurant using native foods from around my home state of Oklahoma.
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