Kardea Brown hosts a holiday brunch party for her girlfriends to celebrate before the seasonal rush. The girls catch up over savory Hashbrown Poutine, decedent Eggnog French Toast Bake, Grandma's Fruit Cake and a festive Poinsettia Cocktail.
After keeping it low key these past few years, Kardea Brown hosts a big Thanksgiving meal with all the fixins'. She serves her family Chicken-Fried Turkey with Spicy Cranberry Sauce, Grandma's Old-Fashioned Baked Mac 'n Cheese, Cream of Collards and Georgia Peanut and Chocolate Slab Pie with Salted Whipped Cream.
The Moja Arts Festival, a celebration of African American and Caribbean art, is in town, and Kardea Brown is excited to experience it with her friend. Afterwards, she cooks up a beautiful meal with foods that reflect the African diaspora, including Callaloo, Senegalese Yassa, Black-Eyed Peas with Smoked Ham Hock and Sweet Plantain Foster.
Kardea Brown is all dressed up with somewhere to go -- her house! She's hosting her first Halloween in her new home and throwing an all-out party for her friends and family with a menu featuring Pepperoni Mummy Strombolis, Sheet Pan Tomato Soup, Jack-o'-Lantern Jambalaya Stuffed Peppers and Graveyard Ice Cream Pie.
Kardea Brown forgoes the expensive restaurant with a fun date night in! She and her boo invite their favorite couples over for a delicious dinner of Braised Chicken with Onion Gravy, Maple-Roasted Root Vegetables, a Hot Toddy and Fried Rice Pudding Balls.
Kardea Brown is always rooting for the home team, and today she's feeding her local college football team some winning dishes to fuel them all season long. She serves up Chopped Cheese Sandwiches, Colossal Onion Rings, Hot Carolina Chicken Fingers and Apple Pie Hand Pies with Apple Cider Glaze.
Kardea Brown celebrates her boo's most recent trip around the sun by cooking up a menu chock full of his favorites, like Collard Green Stuffed Shells, Pear and Glazed Pecan Salad, Cast-Iron Garlic Parmesan Biscuits and Strawberry-Swirl Cheesecake.
Kardea Brown is getting married, and her friends and family are throwing her a bridal shower. As every cook in the family does, she brings her own bites of Open-Faced Mini Salmon BLTs, Smoked Ham Salad in Lettuce Cups, Deviled Eggs with Fried Shrimp and Chocolate Coconut Nests.