Winner will appear in Taste of Home magazine, cook with Carla Hall, and take home $25,000
I put love into every dish I make and try hard to impress and fulfill something primal and satisfying to those I feed.
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Receive Text UpdatesIt'd be a toss up between S.O.S (s--t on a shingle for those of the military persuasion), my chicken soup and last but not least recently perfected homemade wontons.
Who is your culinary inspiration?My father. Nothing felt better than having him come home at night and start drooling at the door asking what smelled so good.
What would you do with the $25,000?Pick myself up by the bootstraps. I'd work it into opening a food truck or cart if I can find the right cuisine I could rock in it.
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