About the Author

Brooke Bell is the director of editorial operations at Hoffman Media, where she directly oversees the editorial teams of Taste of the South, Louisiana Cookin, Cooking with Paula Deen, and new launches Bake from Scratch and Southern Cast Iron. Brooke was previously the editor of Taste of the South, the editorial director of Louisiana Cookin, and the food editor of Cooking with Paula Deen. She was instrumental in the 2015 launches of Southern Cast Iron and Bake from Scratch.