Season 1, Episode 11

Sharon Ford

Reading cookbooks is more than a hobby!

She may live in L.A. (Lower Arkansas) but her taste in cuisine is distilled from living in three different countries on two different continents, as well as coming from the South. Sharon  Ford loves to read, and one of the things she is passionate about reading is cookbooks. I told her I didn't think they had much plot or character development, but after more than 50 years of marriage to me, those kinds of comments usually just roll off. Usually!

Today's special guest is my own dear wife. I humored her into testing a new microphone, to which she agreed. But I thought I might as well make it a realistic test so I launched into one of my own special podcast introductions and before you knew it, we had a whole episode recorded. It was so good I thought I would share it with the world. It covers how she developed her own special repertoire of dishes and so much more.

One of the meals we've come to love is groundnut stew, which she learned from a blend of listening to missionaries and living in West Africa. You won't believe all that she puts into it, AND that our children loved all of those items! Her avocado crevette hails from France and it's a novel use of avocados and shrimp. And while she picked up a few favorites from our time in Portugal, the favorite dish that our Baptist brethren in Mem Martins Baptist Church always asked for was her American chili!

Check out today's podcast from my very special guest on today's edition of Life in L.A.