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<\/a>Susan Ford was born in Laurel and then moved to Pascagoula when her father took a job at Ingalls Shipyard in 1969. The East Central High School graduate came to Jones in 1984.\u00a0 She graduated with an associate\u2019s degree in business and transferred to USM on a full academic scholarship. While at USM, she changed her major to journalism with a public relations emphasis, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism and a minor in business.<\/p>\nShe started her publishing career in 1990 when she went to work for a commercial real estate magazine in Novato, California.\u00a0 While there, she was on the \u201claunch team\u201d for numerous magazines, websites and email newsletters, in both the high-tech and lifestyle categories.<\/p>\n
After Hurricane Katrina, she left the San Francisco Bay Area and moved to New Orleans to bring her publishing expertise to Louisiana in 2007, as a consultant with Louisiana Cookin\u2019 magazine. Becoming immersed in the Louisiana seafood, travel, tourism, hospitality, and culinary industries inspired her to form the business, Our Kitchen & Culture, LLC. In 2011, Ford launched \u201cLouisiana Recipes,\u201d a free, weekly email newsletter with more than 37,000 subscribers, and companion website, louisiana.kitchenandculture.com before her own magazine debuted in April 2012.\u00a0 The magazine is published six times a year and has paid subscribers in 50 states and several foreign countries.\u00a0 It is available nationally through North America\u2019s largest newsstand distributor.<\/p>\n
She has served on the membership committee of the Louisiana Travel Promotion Association since 2008, and she served a year as the first Associate Board Member of that association. Ford served two years as the chairman of the Louisiana Travel Political Action Committee and currently remains a board member. Ford has close ties to Louisiana’s most influential chefs, restaurateurs, and tourism professionals.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have a tremendous amount of respect for their talents, and the perfectionist attention to detail they devote to their craft. I\u2019ve made some great friends, I\u2019ve learned a lot, and I look forward to continuing to create a magazine that celebrates the unique culinary culture, heritage, and cuisine of Louisiana,\u201d said Ford.<\/p>\n
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ELLISVILLE \u2013 The Culinary Arts department at Â鶹ֱ²¥ is welcoming the President and Publisher of the magazine, Louisiana Kitchen & Culture, Susan Ford to campus to share her new holiday recipes on Tuesday, October 30. The event, \u201cA Louisiana Holiday Lunch & Learn\u201d will feature the New Orleans resident\u2019s recipes in the upcoming holiday … <\/p>\n