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Here is a gorgeous, super simple dessert for us working girls…

Twenty curious faces and a cocktail dress. What better to lecture in than a tobacco-colored number and lizard skin high heels?

My Learning Annex classroom on Madison Square Park reminded me of my Gotham Writer days. But, of course, instead of squeezing my hips into a desk designed for a ten year-old’s slender frame, I was strutting (tottering?) across the linoleum floor, in front of the blackboard, trying to entertain, inspire and answer questions about GoogleSense, AdSense and the like. Technical mumbo jumbo makes me blush—it’s NOT my thing. I admitted such and swiftly transitioned our talk to more important topics like, Martha Stewart and “Who is coming out with me afterward for a fancy cocktail?” I love elderflower and champagne.

There was an Eastern European beauty and a charming woman with a 7-carat diamond (yes, we became such fast friends that she divulged diamond details in our booth at “Eleven Madison”). There were older men just beginning blogs and young, striking Latino American girls who were a few months into the daunting project. A slice, a cross-section, a grab bag of the Big Apple gave me their attention and time on a cool Wednesday evening and I loved them for it.

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Just call me Nancy Drew. I’ve been spying on Manhattan menus and decided to recreate the best of the best back in the confines of my studio apartment. First up? Tuna tartare, a city girl’s favorite. Now, if only I could substitute an emerald green Vespa for the blue Mustang…

(**I think this is my favorite episode so far!)

Come sample the Granddaddy of all Southern foods today at Grand Central Station. (A man at last week’s Bleeker Street tasting declared both my product and get-up to be “spicy.” I’ll take that.)

What: Pimento Cheese and Banter w. Brooke

Where: Murray’s Cheese, Grand Central Market

Time: September 12th, 3pm-7pm

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The Stanislavsky technique and a fabulous recipe for homemade granola… all in one episode?? Okay, so I promise to review my Method acting but if–only if!–y’all try out one of the best breakfast recipes around…

Gabbing over at ABC… (And I’ve decided that a simple ponytail works just fine for such appearances)