This week's guest is Shannon Smith. She’s a cook, teacher, and traveler based in Tulsa, OK. She's traveled to more than 50 countries, meeting and cooking with people, from home cooks to restaurant chefs, while documenting it on her blog. She also uses her travels to teach women how to cook, and helps to finance their businesses using micro-loan programs.

Her charity work includes Vizavance, a program that provides eye care to the homeless, as well as Hope Haven Rwanda, a school for impoverished children in Rwanda. She's raised over $500K for her charity work by donating epic dinner parties at her home.

On the show, we talk about how she became a world traveler and cooking instructor. She explains how the micro-finance loan program works, and some of the charities she’s been working with. She’s currently working on a forthcoming cookbook, THE HIDDEN TABLE, a collection of stories and recipes from her adventures around the world, which is set to be released next year.

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