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Eating Like a Freedom Fighter. An Homage to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(I originally published this on January 17, 2011 for the Dean & DeLuca Gourmet Food Blog, of which I was the sole columnist.)Atlanta was insanely busy yesterday with out-of-state visitors and will be today as the nation celebrates the effort of a you...
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Morning Coffee In Red Suede and Knee-High Boots
So much goodness happened in 2017, but so much of that goodness was met with challenges. I ended the year with a really delicious cooking segment on FOX 5, showing you how to make really heart-warming soups out of one of my beloved pressure cookers. I was ...
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OANN Tipping Point with Liz Wheeler on Iran Women’s Rights Protest
I was invited on the ultra conservative One America News Network via Skype to discuss the women's rights protest in Iran and the perceived silence by the Women's March organizers and American liberal feminists, which kicked off the same day the #TimesUp campai...
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Is Hoda Kotb’s New Gig Good for Time’s Up Campaign and #MeToo Movement?
Was I excited on Jan. 2, 2018 when I heard Hoda Kotb was promoted to take over Matt Lauer's chair as the new co-anchor of the Today show? Yes, indeed! It's been years since two women have led morning news, and to boot, at the moment, two Black women are do...
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Will More Sexual Harassment Allegations Come from Congress in 2018?
Who knew one day my UVA degree and my background in law and politics would surface amidst my current work life in food, travel, and general lifestyle. As it goes, those things which we're passionate about and even trained in, have no real escape.I spen...
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30-Minute 3-Bean Tarragon & Truffle Chili for the Holidays on FOX 5 Good Day D.C.
A gourmet chili in 30 minutes? Yes, please! Especially because these 15° temperatures in the D.C.-area are straight crazy but the perfect excuse to stay in and make really good soups.I closed out the year cooking some of my favorite soup recipes from ...
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Bren Takes the Pressure off Holiday Cooking on Great Day Washington
My friends at Great Day Washington, (CBS) invited me back to do a fun and lively cooking segment featuring holiday recipes from my cookbook, "Modern Pressure Cooking" and using both my stovetop and electric pressure cookers. They said I'd be doing Cuban c...
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B! Inspired Holiday Luxe Gift Guide, 2017
Friends! I'm so excited to share our 5th annual B! Inspired luxe gift guide! I never thought I'd still be curating and producing these luxe guides that hopefully inspire you to pick up extraordinary gifts for the loved ones on your list, including yourse...
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The Perfect Salted Almond Chocolate Espresso Pie
I swear to life that all things that are good for our soul comes in the form of slabs of butter, eggs, coffee, chocolate, and sugar. I want to believe the five food groups are adequately covered in these lone ingredients. I eat them on their own (there was a t...
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Blood Orange Ginger Cranberry Sauce
Thanksgiving is supposed to be all about acknowledging what we're grateful for. We give thanks for our families, our health, our jobs, our friends, our pets, our opportunities presented and whatever else comes to mind. Oh, and of course we're giving all prai...
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