Remembering Ellen Brown News Today

The Journal has lost a longtime contributor. Journalism has lost a trailblazer. And I have lost a friend.  Ellen Brown, who penned The Journals "Cost-Buster Cooking" column for seven years, died unexpectedly Jan. 14 after a surgical procedure. The first story I wrote about her appeared in 2009 with a headline, not written by me, that called her "a seasoned writer and chef." But I always thought of Ellen as saucy. And indefatigable. At my last count, she had penned 43 cookbooks. Can you imagin...