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Margaret L. Brown

Margaret Brown is an accomplished as a content creator, strategic communications advisor and media relations specialist. She is a published writer and editor with more than three decades writing and …

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Nicole Sadek

Nicole is an investigative reporter at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Previously, she was a data journalist at Bloomberg Law. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Inside …

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Jenelle Eli

I raise awareness about pressing issues and deploy to emergency zones around the globe. Want to know what it's like to live aboard a refugee rescue ship? Writing a piece …

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Elizabeth Skoski is a freelance writer primarily covering motherhood, parenting, and gender. She lives in New York with her husband and two daughters.

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I'm an investigative reporter and producer based in Washington, D.C. Previously known as Avery J.C. Kleinman.

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Latest Articles

Column | These ‘tuna’ melts show vegan cooking can be about abundance, too

Jenné Claiborne has me thinking about Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor and the idea of vibrations.Claiborne, who just turned 38, writes about vegan cooking from her home in Atlanta under the brand Sweet Potato Soul. Smart-Grosvenor, who died in 2016 at age 79, was the Geechee poet, broadcaster and culinary anthropologist who wrote …
By Joe Yonan
• Washington Post

Column | Yes, you can fry soft tofu — and give it the salt-and-pepper treatment

I and others have written previous columns, articles and recipes attempting to counter all of the above. Today I’m offering a recipe that aims to correct another tofu misunderstanding: the idea that the only tofu suitable for frying is the absolute firmest you can find. If you’ve never tasted fried …
By Joe Yonan
• Washington Post

Column | Vegan chili with beans, lentils and edamame floods the protein zone

Recently, I started a diet and exercise program that came with a big challenge: Increase my protein intake to about 135 grams a day. As anyone who has played with the balance of macros knows, the strategy to control the ratio of protein, carbohydrates and fat, along with a weightlifting …
By Joe Yonan
• Washington Post

Column | Gather around Vedge’s rutabaga fondue for your next cocktail party

The first time I ate at Vedge, one of my favorite restaurants in Philadelphia, I started with a cocktail. It came to the table glistening in its coupe, a concoction of gin, elderflower liqueur, lemon juice and a touch of grapefruit bitters, all of them in perfect balance. But what …
By Joe Yonan
• Washington Post

Column | Make masa an everyday ingredient with these bean and cheese gorditas

I know the word “masa” means dough, particularly corn dough, but it might as well be short for “miracle,” because the process of producing this staple of Mexican (and other Central and South American) cooking is pure alchemy. Dating back to Mesoamerica, nixtamalization (derived from an Aztec phrase) involves boiling …
By Joe Yonan
• Washington Post

Column | Indian food layers spices masterfully. This pumpkin dish shows how.

Make a Romy Gill recipe, in my experience, and you end up marveling at two things: the straightforward ease and the surprisingly complex flavors. The key to both is the layering of spices and spice mixes, often in different forms (whole and ground) and at different points in a recipe.The …
By Joe Yonan
• Washington Post

Retiring soon? Plot a detailed budget first before tapping your 401(k).

You might know how to save for retirement. But do you know how to spend your savings after you retire?For decades, the “4 percent rule,” laid out by renowned financial adviser William Bengen, served as the north star for financial planners. He estimated that a withdrawal rate of 4 percent …
By Rivan Stinson
• Washington Post

L.A. DA requests resentencing for Menendez brothers, opening path to release

The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday that it will request the resentencing of Erik and Lyle Menendez, a pair of brothers sentenced in 1996 to life in prison for killing their parents, heeding calls by their family to reconsider their case after new evidence emerged backing the …
By María Luisa Paúl
• Washington Post

Helicopter crashes into Houston radio tower, killing multiple people

A helicopter crashed into a radio tower in Houston on Sunday night, erupting into a fireball and crashing to the ground — leaving several people dead, including a child, according to authorities.The incident happened at 7:54 p.m. in Houston’s Greater East End, close enough to a fire station that firefighters …
By María Luisa Paúl
• Washington Post

Column | Mac and cheese, but make it with beans, in this speedy one-pot meal

“I don’t know how to make things complicated,” Jenny Rosenstrach tells me. “I kind of wish I did, because I think my recipes would be next level.”Rosenstrach is being modest, because the truth is, her recipes are indeed next level. As the force behind the popular book, website and newsletter …
By Joe Yonan
• Washington Post