Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I’ve been cooking since I was little with my mom and Grandma’s . Everything from scratch and delicious !
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My late mom and Grandmothers
What would you do with the $25,000?Do some work on my farm house
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