Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Because I want to give recipes to people that are simple affordable and fun to make, have a cook book with stories of my Sicilian Heritage
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Who is your culinary inspiration?All the Sicilian women in my community different parts of Sicily
What would you do with the $25,000?I would like to make a cookbook with their stories everyone steals and takes everyone else’s recipes. I want to use their recipes and their stories. The hardship stories some of these recipes were poor Man meals and now they’re gourmet
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