Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Basically, I Love To Cook!! I Cook Every Day. It makes me happy to show people how fun & easy it can be & that anyone can do it.
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Receive Text UpdatesI would say my Homemade Pork, Veal & Beef Meatballs, pan fried & served in a simple Marinara Tomato Sauce.
Who is your culinary inspiration?My Entire Italian Family ..everybody cooks & is proud of their individual specialities ..calamari in sauce, homemade macaroni, mom's lemon cookies & of course, homemade limoncello.
What would you do with the $25,000?I would like to travel a bit more, always excited for meeting new people & hearing about all the many ways there are of interpreting various dishes, learning about the history of each & very much loving all the personal stories behind them., and bringing them home to share with everyone.
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