Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
learning to cook at an early age, watching my grandmother when I could barely see the stovetop and saw the results is what I bring
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Who is your culinary inspiration?As I mentioned earlier my late grandmother, Fina, has always been my culinary inspiration. As a kid I would watch her turn farm to table ingredients into beautiful dishes. You could smell the love in the air as soon as you walked in her house
What would you do with the $25,000?Definitely pay off debts first. Then take a much needed vacation
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