Despite growing up in a two-parent household and going to college, 28-year-old Darnell Ferguson (pictured, r, with Louisville mayor Greg Fisher)  found himself struggling to pay the bills. To make ends meet he took a turn in the wrong direction and ended up being arrested multiple times, ending up unemployed and homeless. But once he embraced […]

Life & Style

Scrolling through my Twitter feed last Friday morning while taking a bite out of my pumpkin muffin, I could tell that fall season was officially…

Patti Labelle is celebrating her fifth or sixth decade in music, but she’s hardly slowing down. She’s not only filming American Horror Story she’s heading out on tour with Frankie Beverly and Maze. And she’s not just a legend for her vocal skills; she’s also the music inudstry’s best cook. Her Patti’s Good Life line of […]

A lot is cookin’ at the Tom Joyner Family Reunion so it’s a good thing that professional chef G. Garvin will be there. Garvin, best known for his cooking show Turn Up The Heat on TV One has branched out to cookbooks and a Travel Network show, Underground BBQ Challenge. But he’s also participating in the Give […]

Life & Style

Dining out is convenient and fun, but it’s no secret that it can put a hurting on your wallet and your waistline. One of the…

Who knew? Singer and Bad Boy of R&B Bobby Brown can cook his behind off and to prove it, he’s started a whole line of barbecue sauces and marinades entitled – what else- Bobby Brown Foods. Would you even believe that he’s up early in the morning trying out recipes? Yup. “I’m sitting here making […]

Known for his comedic and acting  chops, Rickey Smiley also gets down in the kitchen too. His only catch, before he cooks for you, you have to go church with him. Seems fair. He gave us the recipe for his take on Grilled Cabbage: 1. Cut the core out 2. Stuff with butter, garlic, Lowry’s season salt […]

People will do and say anything to get the harsh criticism of the public off of them. Sometimes, it works and other times, it only…

The advent of the 24-hour news cycle and the concurrent explosion of technology means that content must constantly be refreshed to feed the media pipeline. This leads to ridiculous examples of 15 minutes of famers like Antoine Dodson and Sweet Brown, as well as minor stories that would barely make the news back in the […]

Health & Wellness

Wondering how to cook…for one? There’s no need to fall in that lonely rut of Lean Cuisines or canned soup. Takeout, fast food, or prepackaged…

Sweetie Pie’s is back. The St. Louis soul food restaurant with two locations run by Robbie Montgomery and her son, Tim, inspired “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’s,” one of the Oprah Winfrey Network’s most successful shows thus far. The reality series follows Montgomery and her family as they navigate life, love and money while keeping up […]