Helana Brigman

Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Education: Columbia College, Louisiana State University

Expertise: Maine Cooking, Louisiana Cooking

Helana Brigman created the award-winning blog Clearly Delicious.
Brigman wrote The Fresh Table: Cooking in Louisiana All Year Round (2013).
She is a food writer and photographer, and wrote a regular food column for The Advocate, Louisiana's state newspaper.

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Helana Brigman is a food writer, photographer, and the creator of the award-winning blog Clearly Delicious. She wrote a regular food column, "Fresh Ideas", for Louisiana's state newspaper, The Advocate. Brigman is the author of The Fresh Table: Cooking in Louisiana All Year Round (2013).

She earned a PhD in English from Louisiana State University; Her dissertation looked at unstudied women food writers in the British periodical press.

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