Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I have the desire more than anyone else that has applied!
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Receive Text UpdatesChicken Milanese with lemon cream sauce, rosemary potato's and arugula tomato salad plus anything I can bake!!!
Who is your culinary inspiration?every grandmother around the world.... those are the best recipes
What would you do with the $25,000?Continue to reinvent myself after a 49 year airline career by opening a small bake shop or bite size eatery. I would also like to continue baking for others that enjoy home baked goods but have no access. Example: assisted living facility.
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