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Photography was my first love. Books are my best friends forever. Reading is my joy. Media is my ministry. Human beings understand themselves, and the world, through storytelling. Simple. Soulful. Storytelling. Addison DeWitt (theatre critic) in All About Eve; Jane Craig (news producer) in Broadcast News – two characters from my favorite films. Both storytellers. I Am a storyteller.
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I have been podcasting for over 10 years, currently in my 12th season.
Iyanla, Fix My Life
BETHESDA – September 10, 2001. Iyanla left a voice-mail message at my office. At that time, I was an executive producer in Primetime Programming at Discovery Networks. About a week earlier, on a Monday morning, in that very office, I watched the premiere of Iyanla, the Barbara Walters-produced national talk show featuring Iyanla Vanzant. And Read More ...
Living on Purpose
By Robert Wesley Branch We are responsible for what we know and how we live. There are people who you see every day who don’t have a clue as to their purpose for being. They don’t know why they came here. These family members, friends, co-workers and complete strangers can more easily tell you what Read More ...
Million Man March
WASHINGTON – October 16, 1995. In the Company of My Brothers. Words and Images by Robert Wesley Branch. My father reached into his briefcase and pulled out a red-black-and-green button: Million Man March, Day of Atonement, I Want to be in THAT Number!, October 16, 1995, it read. “It’s for you,” he told me. “I saw them Read More ...
Balela Salad
Balela (Ba-lee-la) salad is a Mediterranean dish. The word “Balela” in Arabic means “cooked chickpeas.” It is often categorized as “Middle Eastern” cuisine, although I have always had issues with that term, as traditionally and historically it has included the country of Egypt, which as we all know is located in North Africa. Mainstream historians Read More ...
An Hour With…
This is a story about a creative soul I met in the television space, yet another pilgrim on the narrow road less traveled. This is a story of the challenges that come with great talent and a natural gift. This is also a story of an Uncle (with no children of his own) who plays Read More ...
Boardwalk Bigotry
WASHINGTON – September 6, 1992. My first (and so far, only!) published opinion piece in The Washington Post.
Szechuan Beef
This is a Rachael Ray recipe. Steak and Marinade: 1 ¼ to 1 ½ pounds flat iron steak, flank steak or thin-cut sirloin steak 3 tablespoons cornstarch 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar 1 tablespoon soy sauce or low-sodium soy sauce 1 ½ teaspoons ground cumin 1 ½ teaspoons ground Szechuan peppercorns 1 ½ teaspoons ground Read More ...
Sunken Chocolate Amaretto Cake
This is a Nigella Lawson recipe.
Lebanese Tabbouleh
This started as a Martha Rose Shulman recipe that I found in the cooking pages of The New York Times. As always, when I’m learning a dish, I begin the journey with one recipe and make it the first time exactly as written. Thereafter, I use my accumulated food knowledge and allow whatever I’m feeling in Read More ...
Roasted Stuffed Peppers
This is a recipe I watched Delia Smith cook on her 1993 British program, Delia Smith’s Summer Collection, that aired here in America on the Food Network. The TV cooking series was a companion to her book of the same name. In demonstrating the dish, Ms. Smith gave the recipe’s backstory: “It was brought from Piedmont Read More ...
Chocolate Cake with Coffee Buttercream
This is a Nigella Lawson recipe, from her 2017 book, At My Table.
Chocolate Rum Tres Leches Cake
I found this recipe on chowhound.com, which adapted it from the 2011 cookbook – My Sweet Mexico: Recipes for Authentic Pastries, Breads, Candies, Beverages, and Frozen Treats – by Fany Gerson. This version ups the ante with the addition of coffee, cocoa, chocolate, and a healthy dose of booze, according to chowhound.com. Ingredients (For the cake) Butter, for Read More ...
Bourbon Chocolate Cake
This is a Patti LaBelle recipe, from her 2017 book, Desserts LaBelle: Soulful Sweets to Sing About. This is the second cake I ever made from scratch. I was 52.
Fresh Shrimp Rolls
This is a Gordon Ramsay recipe, from his 2012 book, Gordon Ramsay’s Home Cooking: Everything You Need to Know to Make Fabulous Food.
Slow-Braised Pork Belly with Soy, Ginger and Garlic
My relationship with pork belly began with a Laura Calder recipe called “Pork Belly and Lentils.” Delicious! Ms. Calder uses apple cider and honey as the braising liquid. A year or so later, while reading Simon Hopkinson’s 1994 book, Roast Chicken and Other Stories, I ran across his recipe called “Slow-Braised Belly Pork with Soy, Ginger, Read More ...
Tuna Noodle Casserole
This is a Martha Stewart recipe, from her 2012 book, Martha’s American Food: A Celebration of Our Nation’s Most Treasured Dishes from Coast to Coast. Admittedly, I am a bit of a canned tuna snob; I’ll eat it, but mostly out of necessity, not by choice. If your money is good that day, search out Read More ...
