<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" version="2.0">

<channel>
	<title>Author and Chef Michael Bennett's Blog</title>
	<atom:link href="https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/>
	<link>https://foodbrat.wordpress.com</link>
	<description>Blog about what is happening in the Culinary life of the South Florida and Caribbean cookbook author.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 01:44:58 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>
	hourly	</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>
	1	</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
<site xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">10241368</site><cloud domain="foodbrat.wordpress.com" path="/?rsscloud=notify" port="80" protocol="http-post" registerProcedure=""/>
<image>
		<url>https://secure.gravatar.com/blavatar/e74027ce99a5dad236361b1b7d884757e2597f57c951d21739f2ab7e8ebcef69?s=96&amp;d=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fwebclip.png</url>
		<title>Chef Michael Bennett – the Foodbrat's Blog</title>
		<link>https://foodbrat.wordpress.com</link>
	</image>
	<atom:link href="https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/osd.xml" rel="search" title="Chef Michael Bennett - the Foodbrat's Blog" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml"/>
	<atom:link href="https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/?pushpress=hub" rel="hub"/>
	<item>
		<title>From Chef’s Coat to Cultural Critic: Michael Bennett Slices into America’s Disillusioned Malaise</title>
		<link>https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/2025/07/14/from-chefs-coat-to-cultural-critic-michael-bennett-slices-into-americas-disillusioned-malaise/</link>
					<comments>https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/2025/07/14/from-chefs-coat-to-cultural-critic-michael-bennett-slices-into-americas-disillusioned-malaise/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Foodbratz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 01:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recipes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[restaurants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://foodbrat.wordpress.com/?p=1742</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Press Release&#160;July 13, 2025 After decades commanding some of South Florida&#8217;s most prestigious kitchens and earning accolades for his inventive tropical cuisine, Chef Michael Bennett is now stirring a different pot. Share This Story: Disillusioned Malaise is a raw, deeply personal manifesto shaped by his life in professional kitchens, his immersion in diverse cultures, and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
					<wfw:commentRss>https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/2025/07/14/from-chefs-coat-to-cultural-critic-michael-bennett-slices-into-americas-disillusioned-malaise/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">1742</post-id>
		<media:content medium="image" url="https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/5c27e935ed482f8aaac9917570f5aaed8555110ead79476f62031354f20ac0e2?s=96&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G">
			<media:title type="html">foodbrat</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content medium="image" url="https://www.24-7pressrelease.com/assets/attachments/052/press_release_distribution_0524812_220952.png">
			<media:title type="html">img</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content medium="image" url="https://www.24-7pressrelease.com/assets/images/fullimg.svg">
			<media:title type="html">img</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>New book Pricing</title>
		<link>https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/2025/06/24/new-book-pricing/</link>
					<comments>https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/2025/06/24/new-book-pricing/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Foodbratz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 23:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://foodbrat.wordpress.com/?p=1715</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[I have a new link for you to get a discount on my books. Health Choices at a discount click here: https://shop.lightningsource.com/b/085?params=nbAovoKsuUQgRylKfhU6IyshLXS0YNxcA39EPIsCflt Half-price directly from the publisher.]]></description>
		
					<wfw:commentRss>https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/2025/06/24/new-book-pricing/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">1715</post-id>
		<media:content medium="image" url="https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/5c27e935ed482f8aaac9917570f5aaed8555110ead79476f62031354f20ac0e2?s=96&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G">
			<media:title type="html">foodbrat</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content medium="image" url="https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/book-cover-sample.jpg?w=819">
			<media:title type="html">Health Choices cookbook</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Medibbean Cuisine…</title>
		<link>https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/2025/05/19/medibbean-cuisine/</link>
					<comments>https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/2025/05/19/medibbean-cuisine/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Foodbratz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2025 01:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://foodbrat.wordpress.com/?p=1674</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Medibbean&#8230; Fusion Cuisine&#8221; — now that’s a bold and flavorful concept! You’ve just coined a portmanteau blending Mediterranean and Caribbean, and it instantly suggests a fusion full of contrast and harmony: olives and okra, feta and plantain, couscous with jerk chicken, hummus with habanero, and sun-kissed flavors from two rich culinary regions.]]></description>
		
					<wfw:commentRss>https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/2025/05/19/medibbean-cuisine/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">1674</post-id>
		<media:content medium="image" url="https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/5c27e935ed482f8aaac9917570f5aaed8555110ead79476f62031354f20ac0e2?s=96&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G">
			<media:title type="html">foodbrat</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>What is Floribbean Cuisine</title>
		<link>https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/2025/05/19/what-is-floribbean-cuisine/</link>
					<comments>https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/2025/05/19/what-is-floribbean-cuisine/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Foodbratz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2025 01:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cooking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recipes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[restaurants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://foodbrat.wordpress.com/?p=1315</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Is Floribbean Cuisine our future?Interviewed by Fort Lauderdale magazine, Chef Michael Bennett describes what &#8220;Floribbean Cuisine&#8221; is and what to expect for its future. MIAMI, FL, September 10, 2023 /24-7PressRelease/ &#8212; This is how chef Michael Bennett would define, structure, and produce food-related articles. Q. How would you define Floribbean cuisine? AND,Q. How has Floribbean [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
					<wfw:commentRss>https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/2025/05/19/what-is-floribbean-cuisine/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">1315</post-id>
		<media:content medium="image" url="https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/5c27e935ed482f8aaac9917570f5aaed8555110ead79476f62031354f20ac0e2?s=96&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G">
			<media:title type="html">foodbrat</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>My journey to become a Cancer-free food advocate</title>
		<link>https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/2024/02/04/my-journey-to-become-a-cancer-free-food-advocate/</link>
					<comments>https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/2024/02/04/my-journey-to-become-a-cancer-free-food-advocate/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Foodbratz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2024 18:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://foodbrat.wordpress.com/?p=1397</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[**Foreword:** I am writing this book as a tool to help me align my lifelong feelings of futility. As many people do at this stage in their lives, I have recently been reflecting on my youth. I have always felt young, even though as a Baby Boomer, my age has become an issue for me [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
					<wfw:commentRss>https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/2024/02/04/my-journey-to-become-a-cancer-free-food-advocate/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">1397</post-id>
		<media:thumbnail url="https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/book-cover-sample.jpg"/>
		<media:content medium="image" url="https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/book-cover-sample.jpg">
			<media:title type="html">Healthy Choices</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content medium="image" url="https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/5c27e935ed482f8aaac9917570f5aaed8555110ead79476f62031354f20ac0e2?s=96&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G">
			<media:title type="html">foodbrat</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content medium="image" url="https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/book-cover-sample.jpg?w=819">
			<media:title type="html">Health Choices cookbook</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Tips for a Healthy Sustainable Diet</title>
		<link>https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/2023/08/16/1331/</link>
					<comments>https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/2023/08/16/1331/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Foodbratz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2023 22:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Cookbooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cancer free cooking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Good for you cooking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthy cooking]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://foodbrat.wordpress.com/?p=1331</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[&#8221;&#8221; I live in a state that is notorious for its high food prices, so I’m all too aware of just how costly it is to eat well on the cheap, but some of my tactics may work for you: Stop buying food products and start buying real food. Crackers (much as we love them), [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
					<wfw:commentRss>https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/2023/08/16/1331/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">1331</post-id>
		<media:content medium="image" url="https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/5c27e935ed482f8aaac9917570f5aaed8555110ead79476f62031354f20ac0e2?s=96&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G">
			<media:title type="html">foodbrat</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Chef Michael Bennett, author of Culture of Cuisine, tells of how to get your words into a book.</title>
		<link>https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/2023/08/07/chef-michael-bennett-author-of-culture-of-cuisine-tells-of-how-to-get-your-words-into-a-book/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Foodbratz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2023 02:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[chef]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cookbook writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cookbooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chef michael bennett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[culture of cuisine]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://foodbrat.wordpress.com/?p=1310</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Chef Michael calls it the next step towards being an all-around culinary personality. Social Media is the zeitgeist. Being media savvy has always been one of Chef Michael&#8217;s strong points. By: The FoodBrat July 12, 2023 &#8211; Being media savvy has always been one of Chef Michael&#8217;s strong points. Finding another media aperture that he can use [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">1310</post-id>
		<media:content medium="image" url="https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/5c27e935ed482f8aaac9917570f5aaed8555110ead79476f62031354f20ac0e2?s=96&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G">
			<media:title type="html">foodbrat</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Chef Michael Bennett on the Mango Congress in Miami</title>
		<link>https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/2023/08/07/chef-michael-bennett-on-the-mango-congress-in-miami/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Foodbratz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2023 02:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[South Beach Wine and Food Festival]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://foodbrat.wordpress.com/?p=1255</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[The Mango Congress in Miami South Florida – July 9-11th, 2023 ~ When both houses of this Congress meet, it works up into something delicious. Both house of Congress: the Harvesters of the Mango and the Artists that produce works of art with the Mango are setting up a day of mango exploration. Not just [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">1255</post-id>
		<media:content medium="image" url="https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/5c27e935ed482f8aaac9917570f5aaed8555110ead79476f62031354f20ac0e2?s=96&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G">
			<media:title type="html">foodbrat</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Keto vs. Cancer</title>
		<link>https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/2023/07/14/1292/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Foodbratz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jul 2023 00:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[healthy]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://foodbrat.wordpress.com/?p=1292</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Ketogenic Diet and Cancer, my basis for &#8220;Health Choices&#8221; cookbook The&#160;evidence for a ketogenic diet that eliminates sugar from your diet …just as “Health Choices” cookbook recipes from chef Michael Bennett describe his recipe collection &#8211; helps to fight cancer,&#160;and is undeniable. Chef Michael Bennett’s collection of healthy cooking books So far, no major cancer [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">1292</post-id>
		<media:content medium="image" url="https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/5c27e935ed482f8aaac9917570f5aaed8555110ead79476f62031354f20ac0e2?s=96&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G">
			<media:title type="html">foodbrat</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content medium="image" url="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/6XY-Ow38LnqoQDpWsGcQ1K9pF0vtWQgyAayf8VwR-v_ncwmn73ZtQenlNozLNEatkS0wCHikIJOBrtRF2Fy5JVnaG25R4XkqmQnthCqfAWtMHDZnCbLDRcxWhpeMsIRQ-Qgz-RTHotBlUxUaZKLK"/>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>￼In the Land of Misfits, Pirates and Cooks</title>
		<link>https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/2021/11/15/%ef%bf%bcin-the-land-of-misfits-pirates-and-cooks/</link>
					<comments>https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/2021/11/15/%ef%bf%bcin-the-land-of-misfits-pirates-and-cooks/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Foodbratz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2021 23:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://foodbrat.wordpress.com/?p=1244</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Amazon is going to run my first cookbook for a FREE ebook on Wednesday. Go to Amazon and search &#8220;Chef Michael Bennett&#8221; and choose the ebook for a free download.]]></description>
		
					<wfw:commentRss>https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/2021/11/15/%ef%bf%bcin-the-land-of-misfits-pirates-and-cooks/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">1244</post-id>
		<media:content medium="image" url="https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/5c27e935ed482f8aaac9917570f5aaed8555110ead79476f62031354f20ac0e2?s=96&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G">
			<media:title type="html">foodbrat</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content medium="image" url="https://foodbrat.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/in-the-land-of-misfits-pirates-and-cooks.jpg?w=600"/>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>