Brenda Hulin
Editor

It’s genetic. Belinda Hulin was born into a South Louisiana Cajun family and grew up in New Orleans. Before she could walk, she was balanced on her mother’s hip, stirring in pots of gumbo, etouffee and sauce piquant. Once she began to write, it was only natural that much of her work focused on life’s gastronomic pleasures.

She has written on food and other topics for regional and national magazines and websites, and she served as food editor of The Florida Times-Union. During her tenure at the T-U, Hulin delved into North Florida’s evolving fusion of southern and tropical cooking, winning several Association of Food Journalist awards in the process. Eventually, she was promoted to features editor, supervising the paper’s coverage of food, home entertaining, home decorating, gardening, fashion, arts, culture, entertainment and lifestyle trends.

Throughout her editing career, Hulin continued to write about food. She contributes pieces on cooking and food-based entertaining to Boca Raton Magazine, Water’s Edge Magazine and Mizner’s Dream. She also updated Gayot’s online restaurant guide for Jacksonville, Gainesville, Tallahassee and the Florida Panhandle.

Currently, Hulin is a full-time freelance writer based in Atlantic Beach, Florida. Her Everything Fondue Party Book was recently released by Adams Media, and her Everything Pizza Cookbook will be out this summer. She is the editor of Skirt! Magazine’s Jacksonville edition. In that capacity, she keeps in touch with a diverse cross-section of Northeast Florida women.

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