Thursday, July 28, 2016

Snacking Tips from Road Warriors: CEO — Snacks with a Purpose

(Image credit: Elizabeth Griffin for Hearst)

Snacks are an essential part of travel. They keep hunger — and impulsive, hanger-driven decisions — at bay, sustaining long days on the road (or on your feet). They also offer a tiny piece of home, whether it’s the familiarity of a pack of peanut M&Ms when you’re in a foreign country or the knowledge that you’ve got your go-to granola handy for breakfast.

With snacks and travel on our mind this month, we reached out to five road warriors, people who are away from home as often as not. They’ve got snacking down to a science — and they’re sharing their tried-and-true tips.

Binta Niambi Brown is the CEO and founder of Fermata Entertainment and Big Mouth Records, a start-up label seeking to shake up the business model in the music industry. Formerly a corporate lawyer for some of the world’s biggest entertainment companies, including Time Warner, Dreamworks, and HBO, Brown is no stranger to an on-the-go lifestyle.

But her philosophy on snacking might surprise you: This road warrior places a premium on sit-down meals. In the midst of the day-to-day madness, she still manages to set aside time to enjoy food, to feel grateful, and to commune with her artists and collaborators in the kitchen.

We spoke with Brown over the phone to hear her philosophy on food and snacking, and to get a glimpse of her method for finding calm in the midst of the storm.

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