Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I'm bringing a healthier and tastier food culture to Iowa. Hailed as meat/potatoes, I am showing locals here healthy food can be delicious
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Who is your culinary inspiration?My grandmother. She was authentic in eastern European cuisine.
What would you do with the $25,000?Put my daughter through college.
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