About this ebook
In Rhythm & Roux: Still Choosing Us, Chef Brenda Smith and Ron Smith invite readers into a series of intimate, honest conversations about marriage, partnership, friendship, faith, hospitality, and the everyday practice of choosing each other.
Across ten conversations, they reflect on how they met, what drew them together, the early years of marriage, the hardest seasons they faced, how they learned to support one another’s work, and what has helped their bond endure through change, pressure, loss, growth, and time. Their answers are candid, humorous, grounded, and deeply human. The tone is less like a lecture and more like being welcomed into a real home, a real relationship, and a real conversation.
Brenda brings the warmth of a chef, host, teacher, and nurturer. Ron brings the rhythm of a musician, storyteller, and steady creative partner. Together, they share a portrait of enduring love shaped by respect, communication, faith, individuality, and the grace to keep growing together. The book begins by explaining that these conversations were recorded because people kept asking how they stayed together through the years, and it closes with a simple truth: marriage is not one decision, but many decisions made over time
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About the author
Ron Smith is a musician, creative, and thoughtful storyteller whose life in music helped shape his sense of rhythm, discipline, and partnership. In Rhythm & Roux, he shares reflections on love, respect, communication, friendship, and the quiet steadiness required to build a lasting relationship. The book recounts that he played guitar with Patti LaBelle, and throughout the conversations he speaks from the perspective of an artist, husband, and partner committed to growth over time.
Chef Brenda Smith is a culinary artist, host, and storyteller whose life’s work has centered on nourishment, hospitality, and care. In Rhythm & Roux, she brings warmth, humor, honesty, and wisdom to reflections on marriage, communication, home, faith, and partnership. Her voice is grounded in lived experience, deep love, and the everyday rhythms of building a life with someone over time. The book itself identifies her as Chef Brenda Smith, and her conversations reflect a life shaped by cooking, hosting, and caring for others.
Línea Culture Publishing is the publishing arm of LINEA’s cultural preservation vision, dedicated to honoring memory, legacy, and the stories that shape who we are. Rooted in the belief that preserving voices, histories, and lived experience helps shape the future, the imprint publishes works that carry cultural depth, emotional truth, and lasting meaning.
