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Shaunda Necole feature in Forbes
Shaunda Necole feature in Cosmopolitan
CBS station - Las Vegas 8 News Now Sports Wrap featuring Shaunda Necole
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Award-winning author and digital innovator Shaunda Necole is a podcast host and the go-to recipe source for modern soul food cuisine. She founded The Soul Food Pot®, Google’s #1 Southern soul food site. Shaunda has shared over 250 recipes on her food blog, five cookbooks, and two seasoning guides, including the viral Black Folks Sweet Potato Pie™ and its accompanying cookbook. She also hosts The Soul Food Pod, Apple’s first show dedicated to the history and culture around soul food. She believes in making life easier and more soulful, one recipe at a time.

In addition to her culinary endeavors, Shaunda is the newest spokesperson for Las Vegas and the author of the best-selling book 100 Things to Do in Las Vegas Before You Die, an insider’s guide to the City of Lights. She’s the creator of the travel site Vegas Right Now and host of the Vegas Right Now! podcast. Shaunda believes that the lasting beauty of Las Vegas lies in its balance between novelty and flash, soulfulness and wholesomeness, which all make up the exciting city she calls home!

Shaunda’s been featured on television, top-rated podcasts, Forbes, CosmopolitanFast Company, Taste Of Home, and Refinery29. When she’s not creating content, she enjoys exploring the natural beauty of Nevada with her husband, grandkids, and two furry companions: Prince George, the pup, and Courtly, the cat.

A few of Shaunda’s favorite topics:

  • Learn how this content creator successfully transformed her blog into a book deal!
  • How this blogger built a soul food empire with just one pot!
  • Soul food culture, history, and the meaning behind classic soul food dishes
  • Demystifying proper seasoning techniques from vegetables to fried chicken
  • Tips for speeding up beloved traditional recipes that grandma cooked all-day
  • Kitchen gadgets that make soul food faster and easier to cook
  • Confused by SEO? A #1 Google blogger demystifies SEO and easily explains what you need to know
  • How to gain brand authority online in the age of AI
  • Want authority online? Here’s why having a consistent elevator pitch is key
  • Reasons why niching down is essential to standing out
  • Can you make money from your passion? Tips for monetizing your blog (from someone who has successfully done it!)
  • Uncover tips for obtaining a Google Knowledge Panel and enhancing your online credibility
Shaunda Necole feature in Forbes
Shaunda Necole featured on Fast Company
Shaunda Necole feature in Cosmopolitan
Shaunda Necole featured on Fast Company
100 Things to Do in Las Vegas Before You Die, 2nd Edition by Shaunda Necole
100 Things to Do in Las Vegas Before You Die
by Shaunda Necole
Publisher, Reedy Press
“There’s the Vegas you think you know, and then there’s this!”

100 Things to Do in Las Vegas Before You Die 2nd Edition - PenCraft Book Award Best Book for Non-Fiction - Historical Cultural
Best Book Winner
2025 Spring PenCraft Seasonal Book Awards
Best Book: Non-Fiction Historical/Cultural
Author, Shaunda Necole
Juneteenth Is Book with source acknowledgments of Shaunda Necole & The Soul Food Pot
Juneteenth Is
A wonderfully illustrated book with recipe source acknowledgments to Shaunda Necole & The Soul Food Pot.


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Shaunda Necole: Best-selling author, blogger, and podcaster

“You may have heard the saying “Why fit in when you were born to stand out?” It must have been written for Shaunda because not only does she shine in any crowd, but she is amazing at teaching others how to shine in their chosen markets as well!”
ShaundaNecole.com Kathy Eckhardt, Personal Power Coach to Remarkable Women
Kathy Eckhardt
Personal Power Coach to Remarkable Women
“Shaunda is someone that knows the steps she took to succeed at a particular goal. She is also able to share and empower others to do the same, while customizing to their particular needs. She is part strategist, part thought provoker, and part cheerleader. Thank you Shaunda for knowing what works!”
ShaundaNecole.com Hair We Are Salon VA Beach Jane Pryor
Jane Pryor
Hair We Are Salon, Business Owner