Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I'm sharing food from my heart to honor and preserve the ancient traditional cooking of my ancestors. creating a food journey exploration
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Kubbe - Iraqi soup dumplings. A taste of Baghdad. Tender semolina dumplings naturally colored with organic beet root and filled with spiced beef & lamb, roasted pine nuts, fresh herbs, and sweet raisins—delicately seasoned with traditional Middle Eastern spices. Cooked in sweet &sour beet& mint soup This is the most festive dish from the iraqian kitchen.
Who is your culinary inspiration?My iraqi heritage & my grandmother's recipe that pass through generations. I love to honor my roots by preserving authentic flavors and sharing my ancestral food .
What would you do with the $25,000?I would love to start a restaurant with traditional iraqi food, special pastries and desserts.
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