Sharon Brenner

Sharon Brenner is an Los Angeles-based food writer, home cook, and immigration lawyer. She is the founder of Records in the Den, a storytelling and people-gathering platform centered around food. Sharon has previously written for numerous independent food publications including Peddler Journal, Compound Butter, Life & Thyme and more. She self-published two small cookbooks about Greek food, having lived in Athens, Greece from 2014 to 2017.

Sharon is the creator of a unique video-based digital recipe platform guiding viewers through the art of homemade phyllo, and has taught numerous Greek pie-making classes. She also previously ran Athena Dinners, a Greek dinner series in Los Angeles. Additionally, Sharon previously hosted an original cookie pop-up where she partnered with organizations including MOCA, Virgil Normal, dublab, Acid Free Art Book Market, and more.

Sharon's work has been featured in featured in The Wall Street Journal, Gastronomos (Greece), News24/7 (Greece), and LiFO (Greece), among others. She has also developed recipes for The Washington Post, Food52, and more.

Bachelor's degrees in History (African History) and International Relations from the University of California, Davis, and Juris Doctor degree from Golden Gate University School of Law