Holly Brown, whose column on food and entertaining appears here on the West Seattle Herald will be a featured guest on King 5 TV'sNew Day Northwest with Margaret Larson on Monday Jan. 7. Brown is the host of www.TheBrownLounge.com and her online video segments for the site.

Brown said, "I'll demo and talk about our recent Tamale party and the idea of communal cooking style dinner parties. I'lll be making tamales on the show and talking about the Tamale party we just had at our house on New Years Eve."

It's possible to be in the audience on Monday if you are interested. The taping is from 9:30 am to 11:30 am. If you're interested in being in the studio audience, you can get free tickets by RSVPing to newdaytickets@king5.com.

Their Audience Coordinator will send you detailed instructions. Brown said, "Feel free to invite a foodie friend to come too if you like. If you can't come, hopefully you can watch the show."

The show airs starting at 11am on King 5.

Brown concluded with "Of course you can always find our recipe and party plan at www.TheBrownLounge.com if you miss the show."