Darin Bresnitz
Journalist
With over two decades of experience in culinary media, Darin Bresnitz is a creative executive, director, and author. He is the producer and host of Five Rules for the Good Life, a weekly substack and podcast. He currently lives in Pasadena as he, his wife, Anna, daughter, Josephine, and son, Oliver, rebuild their house in Altadena. When he isn’t in the kitchen cooking, you can find him out on the tennis courts practicing his mantra: One Point at a Time.
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