The author was born in San Antonio, Texas and now lives in Central Texas.
In the spring of 2008 she retired from IBM and the corporate world. She currently enjoys "taking time to enjoy life with her husband Steve, she volunteers in her spare time to help those less fortunate, fosters rescue dogs and has adopted several dogs. She enjoys living an active healthy lifestyle, is a yogi, continues to write cookbooks and publish short local articles.
Her first book, "Exploring Mexican Cuisine: Abuelita's Kitchen" published in December 2009, second release is available as of May 2011. Sharon's second book "Exploring Mexican Cuisine: Abuelita's Cocina", Vol. 2 is available and a KINDLE release in May 2011.
Sharon Announces the release of her newest Cookbook, "Cupcakery", Vol. 3 of her series which is five-year labor of love, released in late 2023. Sharon has begun her fifth cookbook which is based on vegetarian recipes that are geared towards the modern kitchen in addition to her first novel and autobiography.
Sharon will base her vegetarian cookbook on her favorite mexican and mexican fusion dishes which will be due out in 2025.
"EXPLORING MEXICAN CUISINE: Abuelita's Kitchen" is a cookbook based on one hundred-year-old family recipes from Mexico. Many recipes and ingredients have been modified to be healthy and accessible to the modern American kitchen. Savor traditional Mexican dishes such as steaming hot “Green Chile Chicken Tamales”, ocean fresh “Pescado Vera Cruz” (Fish Vera Cruz style), and good old fashioned comfort food like “Arroz con Pollo” (Chicken and Rice). Enjoy the “Polvorones” cookies which literally melt in your mouth.
Sharon loved cooking from an early age, she realized important life events unfolded in the kitchen and realized her love of cooking with friends and family, baking and writing definitely worked well together. She learned her cooking skills from her grandmother and father, both were successful restaurant owners. Her love of writing grew as she aged. She began honing her writing skills at a young age and continued to hone her skills while working at Express News newspaper in San Antonio, Texas. Her first cookbook is based on 100 year old Mexican family recipes. She initially wrote this cookbook as a labor of love for her daughter, a graduate of the University of Oklahoma with a degree in International Business, an accomplished graduate as a patisserie chef of Cordon Bleu and successful former owner of CupPrimo a Cupcakery and Coffee house in Austin, TX. Sharon taught cake decorating classes after retiring from the corporate life and is adept at not only cooking but also baking. She shares her knowledge of cooking, baking and cake decorating as a former Cake Design Instructor and shares her knowledge with her friends and family to educate others in the subtle nuances of Mexican cuisine.
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