Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
Not a professional chef but I cook with my heart, don't need recipes but can follow them, I know flavors and how to make ingredients sin
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Who is your culinary inspiration?Not who but what...Love. Cooking is how show show love and care.
What would you do with the $25,000?Pay debt and help my parents with some of theirs as well.
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