Sheila Thomas

Sheila Thomas began her career in custom publishing more than 20 years ago, working closely with organizations and self-publishers on the development, manufacturing, and marketing details for their custom cookbooks. Sheila has been intricately involved in more than a dozen award-winning cookbooks. Her passion for the community cookbook was the driving force behind Recipes Worth Sharing (Favorite Recipes Press; 2008.) Through it, Sheila has had the great pleasure of reintroducing many home cooks to their dog-eared, gravy-stained cookbooks of yesteryear, sharing the rich history of the community cookbook form with a broader audience, and, of course, offering a collection of amazing, recipes from 85 community cookbooks across the country. Her mission is for the community cookbook to thrive in this time of celebrity chefs and take-out restaurants.

Sheila is the QVC on-air guest for Favorite Recipes Press Cookbooks. She gives cooking demonstrations and leads discussions on her favorite topic—community cookbooks—in communities across the country. Sheila is a member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals, Southern Foodways Alliance and Independent Book Publishers Association.