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Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast covering topics of interest to older women. Then show is hosted by Denise Vivaldo.
My friend Nathalie Dupree died this week. I was shocked though I knew she had not been well, because she hadn’t texted me back. She always texted me back. We had things to discuss. She always led with, “I can only say this to you.” I could hear her clucking between the lines.
Rereading all our texts, I decided to save them. They are copied and pasted into my friendship diary. I’ll need them in the future when I’m missing her.
I wanted to hear Nathalie’s voice so I asked Cindie if she would repost the episode that we recorded two years ago for our Women Beyond A Certain Age podcast. Always charming, always funny, always Miss Nathalie.
I picture Nathalie sitting in a beautiful, high backed velvet chair, her eyes are sparkling, she is holding court. She is, obviously, the Queen of Southern Cuisine.
Dressed in a red jacket, she’s added a thick gold choker. There’s the silky swirl of a hand painted scarf over her shoulders. She’s holding her tall glass of Diet Coke. She knows exactly how many ice cubes are in the glass. She looks over and winks when she catches me watching her.
Thank you, Miss Nathalie.
For everything.
NATHALIE’S LINKS
- Website: https://www.nathalie.com/index.htm
- Email: nathaliedupree@aol.com
- Books: https://www.amazon.com/Nathalie-Dupree/e/B001HD432K/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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Media, communications and content specialist, Barbara Weller is with us to talk about her client, Grace O and FoodTrients, a unique program for optimizing wellness and longevity. Grace is a fusion chef with a mission to deliver delicious recipes built on a foundation of anti-aging science and on her 30 years in the healthcare industry.
Barbara’s experience includes launching the Affinity Development Group, Broadthink, and BroadLit, Inc. Her career began as a journalist and editor where she worked as the Features Editor for the Chicago Daily News, and as the Special Sections Editor, Entertainment Editor and Sunday Magazine Editor of the Chicago Sun-Times. At Broadthink, Barbara’s branding, business development, and content management skills provide new directions for interactive, entertainment, and publishing clients. Barbara has developed and launched websites, social media, email programs, brand content, marketing material, cookbooks and investment books. Broadthink works with Fortune 500 companies as well as start-ups to develop and expand their brands, build online communities, translate content into new media, and to connect “all the dots” between a brand and its market. Barbara has also developed television and video programming for ABC, HGTV, Price Waterhouse, and others.
Give Your Turkey Some Super Side Dishes!
https://foodtrients.com/aging-gracefully/give-turkey-super-sidekicks-dishes/
Spice Up Your Holiday Table with Unique Recipes
https://foodtrients.com/aging-gracefully/holiday-dishes-turkey-tips/
BARBARA’S LINKS:
Website: http://www.broad-think.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-weller-66120717/
GRACE O’s LINKS:
- Visit FoodTrients: https://foodtrients.com/
- Sign up for the newsletter: https://foodtrients.com/media/newsletter/
- Buy Grace’s books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B006LOQMGA
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foodtrients_/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/FoodTrients/137772449656774
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/FoodTrients
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here
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- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here
- Denise and Cindie’s books
In a world where socializing and relaxation often revolve around alcoholic beverages, Jennifer brings us a refreshing alternative with her Monday Night Mocktails. This vibrant collection offers unique and delightful non-alcoholic mocktail recipes for every week of the year. Monday Night Mocktails is more than just a recipe book; it's an invitation to explore a world of creative, flavorful beverages that rival their alcoholic counterparts in sophistication and taste. Each recipe is thoughtfully crafted using seasonal ingredients and widely available non-alcoholic wines and spirits, ensuring that these drinks are as accessible as they are appealing.
Jennifer is a cookbook editor, cooking teacher, and literary agent from Oakland, California. She received her culinary training from the prestigious Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. She believes that everyone deserves to have a special drink in a fancy glass with a pretty garnish at the end of a long day – whether or not they choose to put booze in it!
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Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here
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- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here
- Denise and Cindie’s books
Nancie McDermott is back with us! She’s here to talk about the amazing new book she’s part of, When Southern Women Cook: History, Lore and 300 Recipes with Contributions from 70 Women Writers. Get her recipe for Virginia Brock’s Georgia-Style Brunswick Stew below!
A food writer and cooking teacher based in Chapel Hill NC. A former Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand, Nancie has authored 14 cookbooks, including Southern Cakes: Southern Soups and Stews; Real Thai; and The Wok & Skillet Cookbook. Nancie has written for Food & Wine, Bon Appétit, and Fine Cooking, and her Southern Living cover story on Thanksgiving pies was nominated for a James Beard award. Her television appearances include playing a cake historian on Alton Brown's "Good Eats”; and leading Thai market tours on the Discovery Channel. Nancie shares recipes and stories on her YouTube channel, and on her Substack newsletter, “Cabbage & Cake”. She is a member of the International Association of Culinary Professionals and Les Dames d’Escoffier.
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- Website
- YouTube
- Substack
- Threads
Virginia Brock's Georgia-Style Brunswick Stew
Ingredients
3½ lbs boneless pork, Boston butt, shoulder, or country-style ribs
2-3 Tbsp vegetable oil
2 lbs ground beef
1 lb ground turkey
1 can (28-oz) whole peeled plum tomatoes, with juice
1 can (28-oz) chopped tomatoes, with juice
1 bottle (20-oz) hickory-smoked barbecue sauce
1 can (14.5 oz) cream-style corn
1 can (14.5 oz) whole-kernel corn, or 1½ cups frozen corn
1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 Tbsp hot sauce, like Tabasco or Texas Pete
1 Tbsp black pepper
2 tsp salt
2 cans (15-oz) sweet peas like LeSeur, drained
Directions
- Cut pork in chunks, place in large stockpot or Dutch oven, and add watrr to cover. Over high heat, bring to a boil and cook, skimming off foam as it rises, for 20 minutes. Lower heat to maintain a gentle simmer, and cook until pork is tender enough to pull apart with two forks, 2-3 hours.
- Transfer pork to a large bowl or platter, reserving stock for stew. Allow to cool to room temperature; then pull apart and roughly chop into small pieces.
- Meanwhile, heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and add vegetable oil, swirling to coat pan. Crumble in ground beef and ground turkey and cook, turning and pressing to help cook evenly. When meat is cooked through, remove from heat and set aside.
- Combine cooked pork, beef, and turkey in a stockpot or large Dutch oven. Add 2 cups pork stock, reserving remaining stock to use if needed.
- Add tomatoes with juice, barbecue sauce, cream-style and whole-kernel corn, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, pepper, and salt. Bring to a lively boil over medium-high heat, stirring often.
- Lower heat to maintain a gentle but visible simmer, and cook, stirring occasionally, for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Stir and scrape bottom often to avoid stew sticking or burning. Add more pork stock, if stew becomes dry or starts to stick. (Use chicken broth or water if stock is gone).
- When stew is ready, gently stir in the drained peas. Cook 5 minutes more and serve hot in bowls, with saltine crackers.
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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- Denise and Cindie’s books
Pat Greenberg is back to tell us all about her newest book, It’s OK to Be Old: Thoughtful Acceptance of Your Age. As we get older, society often treats aging as something to be feared, avoided, or lamented. But in this enlightening book, author Patricia Greenberg offers a refreshing perspective - that getting older can be a positive and liberating experience. She encourages readers to embrace the freedom and wisdom that comes with age, and challenges the negative stereotypes around aging, rejecting the idea that youth equals beauty, relevance, or happiness. Focusing instead on the gifts and opportunities of later life - more time for reflection, deeper relationships, exploring new passions - rather than perceiving it as a period of decline.
Through insightful stories, questions and practical exercises, Pat guides readers to let go of regret, appreciate the present, and develop self-compassion. She shares how cultivating authenticity, gratitude, and an openness to change can help transform our experience of aging into one of joy and possibility. Ultimately, It's OK to Be Old inspires readers of all ages to have a more thoughtful and uplifting view of growing older. Pat shows that we can age consciously, creatively, and with intention - in a way that reflects our true values and desires.
PAT’S LINKS:
- Website
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Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS:
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- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here
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- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here
- Denise and Cindie’s books
Brigit Binns is a well-known and prolific cookbook author but this week she’s here to talk about her memoir, Rottenkid: A Succulent Story of Survival. Her narrative includes Hollywood stories, an alcoholic actor father, a glamorous narcissistic mother, a bit of political intrigue, world travel, and the search for belonging. It’s a story of both privilege and profound neglect and shows how she found comfort and self-worth in the kitchen. Brigit’s memoir is a testament to female determination and will inspire all who suffer damage from a narcissistic parent.
Brigit finds happiness in her Paso Robles, California kitchen with her dog Stella and her fabulous husband Casey (AKA the Wine Spectator Paso Wine Man).
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Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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Welcome to season 6!
Pamela Rand is with us to chat about the power that laughter has on our health and longevity.
Pamela is an actor, comedian, sketch comedy performer and inspirational speaker. Through her company, Past Primetime Productions, she creates and acts in a wide variety of hilarious sketches across social media platforms. Try not to laugh! https://youtu.be/l3matQTOWzM
You can find out more about Pamela and her work on her website. Watch her videos at Adventures in Feeling Young.
Pamela stays young by meditating, practicing Qigong, and making people laugh. Her favorite quote is--
“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”
Anias Nin
PAMELA’S LINKS:
- Website
- YouTube
- TikTok
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS:
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- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here
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- Cindie Flannigan wears the rest of the WBACA hats
- Denise and Cindie’s books
Bonnie Lester is back with us to talk about her new book, to be released on September 5, Unwinding Pain: Affordable and Accessible Ways to Feel Better Today. When you suffer from debilitating chronic pain, living a vibrant, pain-free life may seem impossible. Bonnie’s book is your guide to shake free of the isolation and hopelessness of chronic pain! This is a life-changing guide for chronic pain suffers. Bonnie guides reads through a wealth of simple, budget-friendly, and science-backed methods that are easy to incorporate into daily life.
With an unwavering commitment to helping others reclaim their lives, Bonnie shares the powerful techniques that enabled her to break free from a 30-year battle with one of the most painful neurological syndromes known to humankind. Her expertise is bolstered by advanced training in biopsychosocial chronic pain rehabilitation, cognitive behavioral therapy, the science of well-being, critical incident debriefing, and plant-based nutrition.
Bonnie’s transformative journey has been shaped by her diverse roles as a public health educator, social worker, and police chaplain. She holds a master’s degree in psychology and counseling from American International College and a bachelor’s in health science from San Francisco State University. As an ordained interfaith minister from the Chaplaincy Institute in Berkeley, California, Bonnie brings a holistic perspective to healing.
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Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
- SHOW LINKS:
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- Join our Facebook group
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- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here
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- Cindie Flannigan wears the rest of the WBACA hats
- Denise and Cindie’s books
Maria Brown is with us to talk about discovering herself after divorce. Maria is an executive producer and television comedy writer with a Golden Globe Award for the TV series CYBIL, and Emmy nominations for FULLER HOUSE and HANNAH MONTANA (and a whole slew of other awards for Hannah Montana, too!) Maria's article, “I’m a Divorced Women. Was I Ready to be Naked with a New Guy?” was recently published in the L.A. Times.
MARIA’S LINKS:
- IMDB
- Read the article
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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- Denise and Cindie’s books
Sky Bergman is an accomplished, award-winning photographer. Her documentary, Lives Well Lived, was Sky’s directorial debut. Lives Well Lived celebrates the wit and wisdom of people aged 75-100, who reveal their secrets for living a meaningful life. Encompassing 3,000 years of collective life experience, diverse people share life lessons about perseverance, the human spirit, and staying positive in the midst of life’s greatest challenges. Their stories will make you laugh, perhaps cry, but mostly inspire you. Watch the film here or on PBS (This is the 56-minute version. When asked, say that PBS is your local station!).
Her fine art work is included in permanent collections at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Brooklyn Museum, the Seattle Art Museum, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (National Library of France) in Paris. Her book, The Naked & The Nude: Images from the Sculpture Series, includes an introduction by Hèléne Pinet, curator of photography at the Rodin Museum in Paris. She has shot book covers for Random House and Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc., and magazine spreads that appeared in Smithsonian, Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel, Reader’s Digest, and Archaeology Odyssey.
Sky Bergman was the former chair of the Art & Design department at Cal Poly State University in San Luis Obispo, CA (2007 – 2013) and is currently a Professor of Photography and Video where she has been teaching since 1995.
SKY’S LINKS:
- Website
- Watch the film
- Buy the book
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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Claire Berger wrote “How Much Is Enough?Getting More by Living with Less” as an interactive memoir, to give voice to the ever-present conversation we’re all having in our heads. How Much Is Enough… Exercise? Religion? Health? Shoes? Family? Food? Claire tackles an array of topics in twenty-two chapters that can be adapted into an entertaining, interactive keynote that will engage audiences in every age and stage of life. Check her website for speaking dates in and around Los Angeles in July!
For over four decades, Claire has been earning a living as a comedian, improv actor, speaker and writer. She began her career in Chicago with The Second City and found big laughs in Los Angeles, earning acclaim as a warm-up comedian on over sixty-five of your favorite sitcoms, including Seinfeld. Claire was also the first comedian HGTV hired to host a series on their network (Fantasy Open House).
Pivoting from television to corporate boardrooms, Claire helped businesses have fun while getting the job done with her memorable bespoke events.
Claire has always found humor in unlikely places, including Italian kitchens, where she served as resident writer, ambassador and cookbook contributor for two popular culinary immersion programs, Tuscan Women Cook (friends of the podcast!), and Italian Culinary Adventures.
CLAIRE’S LINKS:
- Website
- Buy the book
- Booking inquiries
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS:
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- Join our Facebook group
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- Episode archive
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here
- More of Denise’s info is here
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here
- Denise and Cindie’s books
Alison Tucker started off with a $50 PX store guitar. From there she got kicked out of the Baptist church for drinking, cussing, smoking and dancing. Then she became a grownup for about 20 years (a highly overrated state to be in), married, kids, and working in corporate America. When that life fell apart, Alison realized she needed to become the person she was always meant to be.
Alison’s music reflects her magical gift for storytelling and her voracious curiosity about life. Her multifaceted style crosses genres, reflecting her creative heart and soul. Alison’s country and folk roots blend storytelling into the poetic sound of Americana.
Alison’s Second Chance Tour begins June 19th. Her music can be purchased on and streamed from her website or on Bandcamp.
Alison lives in Austin, Texas.
ALISON’S LINKS:
- Website
- YouTube
- Bandcamp
- Booking inquiries
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS:
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- Join our Facebook group
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- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here
- More of Denise’s info is here
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here
- Denise and Cindie’s books
Show bestie Pat Greenberg is here to have a very direct chat about her recent hip replacement and the surprising things no one every told her to expect. We’re also talking about aging and changes and grace. It’s always a great episode when Pat joins us!
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Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS:
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- Join our Facebook group
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- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here
- More of Denise’s info is here
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here
- Denise and Cindie’s books
Author Sharon Wishnow is with us to talk about her new novel, The Pelican Tide, and to talk about the writing process. Says she writes “stores about flawed, educated women with plots that have environmental themes, but not dystopian doom. I’m drawn to stores that show how changes in the environment change people.”
Sharon is the former Vice President of Communications for the Women’s Fiction Writers Association (WFWA), the founder of Women’s Fiction Day, and is the Executive Editor of the WFWA magazine, WriteOn! Her newsletter, Research for Writers and Other Curious People, is incredible! Her book is available for preorder at the link below.
SHARON’S LINKS:
- Website
- Newsletter
- Preorder book
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here
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- Denise and Cindie’s books
Jean Tidd helps people stop fighting their ADHD brain and, instead, make it their ally. With an unparalleled zest for life, an unbreakable spirit, and a relentless determination that can move mountains, people with ADHD can hyperfocus on their passions and turn themselves into unstoppable forces of nature. Jean helps people channel that electrifying energy, and embrace life with an unapologetic intensity that’s nothing short of extraordinary.
Jean’s own ADHD journey led her to become and expert and coach. Jean is a Licensed Independent Social Worker and ADHD Certified Clinical Services Provider.
JEAN’S LINKS:
- Website
- Free consultation
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS:
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- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here
- Denise and Cindie’s books
Debbie Gendler Supnik is with us to chat about her new book, I Saw Them Standing There: Adventures of an Original Fan During Beatlemania and Beyond. Debbie received an album by an unknown (in the US) British band named the Beatles and nothing was the same ever again! She said, “Yes!” to the opportunities that presented themselves, ending up in the audience of The Ed Sullivan Show, meeting Brian Epstein, attending the 1965 press conference welcoming the Beatles to America, visiting the Abbey Road Studios, staying with George’s parents in Liverpool, becoming friends with Paul’s brother Mike McCartney, and ending up working for the Ed Sullivan Show as an adult.
Debbie is a four-time Emmy-nominated television executive and producer with CBS and ABC. She served as Women in Film’s first Los Angeles-based Executive Director and was VP of Development for Weller/Grossman Productions. She currently works as a co-producer at SOFA Entertainment, owner of The Ed Sullivan Show.
DEBBIE’S LINKS:
- Website
- Buy the book
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS:
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- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here
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- Denise and Cindie’s books
Life coach and personal chef Stacey DiVerde is back with us for a discussion on how past trauma and disease can keep us from living the life we want. Download Stacey’s “Let’s End Self-Sabotage” workbook for free!
Stacey helps transform lives through holistic health, nutrition and comprehensive coaching tools and strategies, empowering individuals to achieve sustainable lifestyle changes for overall wellbeing. Stacey says, “Within all of us, we have courage, our intuition nudging us to try something new, step out of our comfort zones, push past setbacks and failures. Reminding us it’s possible.”
STACEY’S LINKS:
- Website
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS:
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- Join our Facebook group
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- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here
- More of Denise’s info is here
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here
- Denise and Cindie’s books
Life coach and personal chef, Stacey Diverde is with us this week to discuss how to stop the victim mindset and how to get out of your own way. Download Stacey’s “Let’s End Self-Sabotage” workbook for free!
Stacey helps transform lives through holistic health, nutrition and comprehensive coaching tools and strategies, empowering individuals to achieve sustainable lifestyle changes for overall wellbeing. Stacey says, “Within all of us, we have courage, our intuition nudging us to try something new, step out of our comfort zones, push past setbacks and failures. Reminding us it’s possible.”
STACEY’S LINKS:
- Website
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS:
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- Join our Facebook group
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- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here
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- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here
- Denise and Cindie’s books
Join us for a conversation with Chef Rossi about her memoir, The Punk Rock Queen of the Jews! It's a rollercoaster that whisks you through a world bursting with rich characters, uproarious dialogue, vivid snapshots of the Orthodox community and the gritty, pulsating 1980s New York City scene -- raw, on the edge, but gloriously alive. Rossi was raised in a conservative Jewish family, expected to toe the line, marry right, and play by the kosher rulebook. But at 16, she flipped the script, blossoming into a rebellious renegade, craving adventure over conformity. And just as she tasted freedom, her parents swooped in, yanked her away, and dropped her off with a Chasidic rabbi in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
Rossi has been published in outlets including The Daily News, The New York Post, Time Out New York, and McSweeney’s, to name a few. She has been the food writer of the “Eat Me” column for Bust magazine since 1998, hosts her own hit radio show on WOMR and WFMR in Cape Cod called Bite This, now in its nineteenth season, has been featured on The Food Network and NPR and has been a popular blogger for The Huffington Post. Her first memoir, “The Raging Skillet: The True Life Story of Chef Rossi” was published by The Feminist Press to rave reviews. In addition to memoir, Rossi has written two full-length plays, a number of one-act comedies, a one-woman stage adaptation of Queen of the Jews, and launched the Raging and Eating podcast.
EPISODE LINKS:
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Denise chats with her friend from Australia, Anne Coulter, about her remarkable vitality, energy, and zest for life! Denise and Anne met at a memoir writers retreat and hit it off immediately. Anne says she is a mature spontaneous spirit on a life pilgrimage for the joy of the journey.
EPISODE LINKS:
- Alison Waring, Memoir Writing, Ink.
- Disrupt Aging by Jo Ann Jenkins
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Raeanne Sarazen is with us to talk about her incredible new book, The Complete Recipe Writing Guide: Mastering Recipe Development, Writing, Testing, Nutrition Analysis, and Food Styling, a one-stop resource for developing, writing and producing recipes for cookbooks, magazines, online publications, and social media platforms. This is a master class on recipe writing, readers will learn timeless recipe development techniques and best practices for each stage of creating recipe content such as recipe development, recipe writing, recipe testing, nutrition analysis, and food styling, photography and video.
Raeanne is a registered dietitian nutritionist and chef with over 20 years of experience working with recipes as a test kitchen professional, recipe developer, food writer, and editor. Her philosophy is that food is more than just sustenance—it is a source of healing and joy.
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Seattle-based chef and author Becky Selengut is with us to talk about her newest cookbook, Misunderstood Vegetables: A Culinary Odyssey into the World of Underappreciated Produce. This is not just a cookbook; it's an educational journey. Each section includes history, preparation tips, and storage advice to help home cooks feel comfortable working with these unusual ingredients. It’s also not just for vegetarians or health enthusiasts; it's for anyone looking to expand their culinary horizons. These recipes are accessible yet innovative, turning everyday cooking into an adventure. Whether it's a simple salad or an elaborate entrée, "Misunderstood Vegetables" promises to transform the way we view and cook vegetables.
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Pat Greenberg and Denise chat about what they’ve learned this year and about how they want to age going forward. We are inundated by societal messaging on aging but are those messages really what’s best for us? As always, we tackle the big questions!
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More than twenty-five years ago, Colleen Worthington rolled up her sleeves and built a baking empire out of her own kitchen, which provided a place for her children and now grandchildren to learn hard work, dedication, and creativity. Together with her husband, Gary, the Worthington pursued their interest in scratch-made artisan breads by training at both the American Institute of Baking and San Francisco Baking Institute. They worked closely with Lehi Mills to develop an exclusive flour mixture and located an ideal, traditional Italian hearth-stone oven. Their first bakery opened in Orem, Utah, in 1997, where they served European hearth breads. Within a few months, they expanded to offer a variety of sandwiches, soups, and salads. In their first quarter-century, they have expanded to forty-nine stores in six western states.
In Kneaders Bakery & Cafe: A Celebration of Our Recipes and Memories, Colleen celebrates the many people who’ve shared in the success of the business, offering moving and inspiring memories along with favorite recipes. In addition to over a dozen recipes for bread, including Rosemary Focaccia Bread, Sesame Semolina, Chocolate Hearth, and Utah Mountain Style Cornbread, there are recipes for mouthwatering cakes, cookies, pies, and puddings, sandwiches, soups, salads, and breakfast.
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Sandra Gutierrez is visiting us once again! Her new cookbook, Latinísimo: Home Recipes from the Twenty-One Countries of Latin America, is a monumental work with over 300 recipes reflecting the incredible breadth and richness of the culinary traditions of the region. It’s filled with history and stories and is an essential resource for every kitchen.
Sandra is a journalist, food writer and historian, professional cooking instructor, and author of four cookbooks. She is an expert on Latin American foodways and on the Southern regional cuisine of the United States. She has been awarded the Les Dames D’Escoffier M.F.K. Fisher Grand Prize Award for Excellence in Food Writing and her work has been recognized as part of the permanent FOOD exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. She lives in Cary, North Carolina.
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Chef Michael Kalanty chats with us about the interesting road that led him to a career in baking. From a mathematics major to graduate school in architecture, to writing his thesis on the flying buttress of France’s cathedrals where he couldn’t help but notice the boulangeries next to every cathedral. He was so drawn to them that he apprenticed with a baker he met while there. This episode is worth listening to just for the description of focaccia with olive oil and “little pools of harvest grape jelly.”
An award-winning, professional baker with more than 20 years' experience, Michael Kalanty is a craft bread baker, culinary instructor, and cookbook author. His certifications include Executive Pastry Chef, Culinary Educator, and Master Taster. Kalanty was also named Chef Instructor of the Year by Le Cordon Bleu and has several full-length baking courses online, produced in partnership with Craftsy.com. His first book, How to Bake Bread, won "Best Bread Book in the World" at the Paris Cookbook Fair in 2011.
Michael is also a culinary R&D professional offering laboratory expertise in fermentation, sensory, and food analysis who works exclusively with companies who support a more sustainable and safe food system. Applied sciences formed the core of his undergrad training at Bucknell where he earned a degree in mathematics, specializing in statistics. Michael draws on his science background to develop and teach food science courses for professional culinary schools.
Michael has generously arranged for a 30% discount for his “Discovering Focaccia” video class in partnership with Central Milling’s Artisan Baking Center in Petaluma, CA! See link below.
MICHAEL’S LINKS:
- Website
- Discovering Focaccia
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Chef Debbi is back to talk about her farm, food and wine tours!
A California native, Chef Debbi has cooked in some of the finest restaurants in Orange County; owned two catering companies, provided personal chef services, and was a corporate chef for Melissa's Produce. The author of What's in Your Pantry and A Little Book of Cheese, Debbi Dubbs has been a culinary instructor for Williams Sonoma, Sur la Table, Bloomingdale's and now owns Deb's Kitchen where she provides private and team building classes as well as food and wine tours in California and hosts organic vegetable gardening classes. Debbi is a Master Gardener and horticulturist; and has a certificate in landscape design.
Wines recommended in this episode:
- Menage a Trois reds
- Line 39 wines
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- Website
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A California native, Chef Debbi has cooked in some of the finest restaurants in Orange County; owned two catering companies, provided personal chef services, and was a corporate chef for Melissa's Produce. The author of What's in Your Pantry and A Little Book of Cheese, Debbi Dubbs has been a culinary instructor for Williams Sonoma, Sur la Table, Bloomingdale's and now owns Deb's Kitchen where she provides private and team building classes as well as food and wine tours in California and hosts organic vegetable gardening classes. Debbi is a Master Gardener and horticulturist; and has a certificate in landscape design.
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- Website
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George Geary is back with us to talk about his other new book, Made in California, The California-Born Diners, Burger Joints, Restaurants & Fast Food that Changed America, 1951-2010. It’s a wonderful journey into California’s culinary history. Available in May 2024!
With wit and wisdom, George guides home cooks on everything from cookies and pastries to cheesecakes, sauces, dressings, and rubs, to how to use a food processor. George had been a featured speaker and lecturer aboard the Holland America Line’s ships for the past nine years as part of Food & Wine Magazine’s Chef’s at Sea.
George is the author of 16 best-selling and highly regarded cookbooks, including; 125 Best Cheesecake Recipes, 125 Best Biscuit Mix Recipes, 125 Food Processor Recipes, The Complete Baking Cookbook, The Cheesecake Bible, 500 Best Sauces, Salad Dressings, Marinades and More, 350 Best Salads and Dressings, 650 Food Processor Recipes, 150 Best Donut Recipes, The Cheesecake Bible Version 2, LA’s Legendary Restaurants, Fair Foods, Made in California Volume 1 & 2, and LAs Landmark Restaurants.
George leads award-winning, mouth-watering culinary tours of major cities in America and Europe. This year will mark George’s 30th year in Morning Television. You can see him coast to coast on WGN-TV Chicago, NBC Tampa, and his home station FOX San Diego.
When not traveling to teach, George lives in sunny California.
GEORGE’S LINKS:
- Website
- By the Book
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Our guest this week is author, cooking teacher, culinary tour leader, and pastry chef, George Geary. George’s newest book is L.A.’s Landmark Restaurants, the follow-up book to L.A.’s Legendary Restaurants. This gorgeous coffee table book is an illustrated history of 60 famous Los Angeles restaurants from throughout the 20th century. Includes over 100 recipes!
With wit and wisdom, George guides home cooks on everything from cookies and pastries to cheesecakes, sauces, dressings, and rubs, to how to use a food processor. George had been a featured speaker and lecturer aboard the Holland America Line’s ships for the past nine years as part of Food & Wine Magazine’s Chef’s at Sea.
George is the author of 16 best-selling and highly regarded cookbooks, including; 125 Best Cheesecake Recipes, 125 Best Biscuit Mix Recipes, 125 Food Processor Recipes, The Complete Baking Cookbook, The Cheesecake Bible, 500 Best Sauces, Salad Dressings, Marinades and More, 350 Best Salads and Dressings, 650 Food Processor Recipes, 150 Best Donut Recipes, The Cheesecake Bible Version 2, LA’s Legendary Restaurants, Fair Foods, Made in California Volume 1 & 2, and LAs Landmark Restaurants.
George leads award-winning, mouth-watering culinary tours of major cities in America and Europe. This year will mark George’s 30th year in Morning Television. You can see him coast to coast on WGN-TV Chicago, NBC Tampa, and his home station FOX San Diego.
When not traveling to teach, George lives in sunny California.
GEORGE’S LINKS:
- Website
- By the Book
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This week we talk with one of our favorite returning guests, Julie Tran Deily! Like Denise, Julie has also recently been diagnosed with ADHD. Suddenly, a lot of things started making sense to her. She’s been researching ways to make her life easier and is with us to share what she’s learned. Her new website drops next week; be sure to check it out! creativedatanerd.com, and @creativedatanerd on Facebook, Instagram and Tiktok.
Julie is a former software engineer turned full-time freelancer and blogger. She started her very popular food blog, The Little Kitchen, in 2009. Her recipes use fresh ingredients, are pretty much no-fuss, and often indulgent enough to be considered comfort food. Julie works with brands like Kitchen Aid, Land O Lakes, Le Creuset, and many others doing sponsored posts, brand ambassadorships, food photography, and writing.
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- Website
- Google+
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Denise talks with Kitty Morse about her most recent cookbook, Bitter Sweet: A Wartime journal and Heirloom Recipes from Occupied France.
Award-winning author Kitty Morse was born in Casablanca, Morocco, of a French mother and British father. She emigrated to the United States at the age of seventeen. While studying for her Master’s Degree at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Kitty catered Moroccan diffas, or banquets, and went on to teach the intricacies of Moroccan cuisine in cooking schools and department stores nationwide. In June 2002, she conducted a Culinary Concert on Moroccan culture and cuisine hosted by Julia Child, as a benefit for the Harry Bell Foundation of the International Association of Culinary Professionals. Kitty’s books have been translated into French, German, Polish, and Czech. In 1984 (and for the next 25 years) she initiated annual gastronomic tours to Morocco that included culinary demonstrations in her family home, a Moorish riad south of Casablanca. Her monthly e-newsletter, The Kasbah Chronicles, in French and in English, is now in its twelfth year of circulation. Kitty has authored one memoir and 10 cookbooks.
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Denise tells us about working with her idol, Marcella Hazan, when she was a culinary student in San Francisco.
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Linda Skeens, author of Recipes and Tips from America’s Favorite County Fair Champion, is with us this week to talk about the joy she finds in cooking, crafts, canning, and family.
Last summer at the Virginia Kentucky State Fair, one woman won first, second and third place for best cookies. She also swept all three awards for candy and for savory bread. And won the blue ribbon for cake, pie, brownie, sweet bread, and best overall baked goods (that was strawberry fudge.) But it didn't end there. She won for canned tomatoes, canned corn, pickled peppers, sauerkraut, relish, spaghetti sauce and both jelly and jam. And after the fair posted these utterly dominating results on social media in June, you guessed it— she went viral. Linda Skeens, a 74-year-old grandmother from Appalachia, won 30 ribbons in all. Now, after decades of cooking for her family and competing in county fair cookoffs, she’s not only internet famous, but has been celebrated across the country for her mouthwatering, downhome dishes. Her award-winning recipes and delightful family stories will be published for the first time ever in a new book, BLUE RIBBON KITCHEN: Recipes and Tips from America’s Favorite County Fair Champion.
When Linda Skeens gained sudden and widespread fame for winning dozens of ribbons at the Virginia-Kentucky District Fair in the summer of 2022, people across the country began asking, “Who is Linda Skeens?” Her first-ever published collection of recipes and family stories, Blue-Ribbon Cooking: Recipes and Tips from America’s Favorite County Fair Champion, answers the question that’s been on everyone’s mind. Linda is an Appalachian grandmother who’s been cooking for her loved ones and entering county fairs for decades, frequently taking home the highest honors. In her new book, she shares more than 30 of her prize-winning recipes in additional to more than 70 other family-favorite dishes. From canning and fudges to stews and casseroles, this cookbook features a lifetime of recipes collected and perfected by Linda Skeens.
BUY THE BOOK: https://a.co/d/5GJkbZy
LINDA IN THE NEWS:
- Here & Now NPR https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2023/05/31/blue-ribbon-kitchen-cookbook
- https://www.today.com/food/people/linda-skeens-makes-tv-debut-today-rcna39316
- https://www.npr.org/2022/07/08/1110242519/county-fair-award-winner-linda-skeens
- https://wcyb.com/news/local/local-viral-baking-sensation-linda-skeens-to-appear-on-the-kelly-clarkson-show-thursday
- https://www.today.com/food/news/linda-skeens-cookbook-rcna49493
- https://www.today.com/food/people/linda-skeens-virginia-kentucky-district-fair-rcna36121
- https://www.npr.org/2022/09/27/1125268653/linda-skeens-tiktok
- Today Show
- NPR
- The Kelly Clarkson Show
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Certified Professional Organizer C.Lee Cawley is with us this week to talk about her current mission to bring order to cluttered desks and overwhelmed minds with her signature course “The Paper Cleanse”. Join the webinar waitlist at: https://www.cleecawley.com/enroll
C.Lee teaches people how to declutter their paper piles and curate their frustrating files for long-lasting paper organization, without scanning a thing! Through her adroit advice and insightful instruction, C.Lee has transformed both the living spaces and personal lives of her thousands of followers, clients, and students on five continents.
C.Lee lives in Arlington, Virginia with her husband of over 30 years and considers herself "indoorsy". As an Anglophile who also adores alliteration, she delights in hosting friends for divine desserts, decadent drinks, and deep discussions.
C.LEE’S LINKS:
- Website: https://www.cleecawley.com/
- Free ebook--12 Types of Paper to Toss Today: https://www.cleecawley.com/toss
- Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/organizingnow
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/c.leecawley_simplifyyou/
- S.C.O.R.E. website: https://www.score.org
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This week Denise talks about working with her ADHD.
EPISODE LINKS:
- ADHD Workbook for Women by Sarah Davis and Linda Hill
- Anyone Can Improve Their Focus, Huberman Lab Podcast #37
- Behavior: Hail to the Hyperactive Hunter, Time Magazine, July 18, 1994
- Behavior: Attention Deficient Disorder: Life in Overdrive, Time Magazine, July 18, 1984
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Liz Williams, author of Nana's Creole Italian Table, a cookbook about the Sicilian community in New Orleans, is with us to chat about growing up in New Orleans.
Always fascinated by the way the lure of nutmeg and peppercorns motivated the exploration of the world, Liz Williams was lucky to be born into a family of Sicilian heritage in New Orleans. She grew up eating in two great food traditions. She is a founder of the Southern Food & Beverage Museum and of the National Food & Beverage Foundation. Much of her research and writing centers on the legal and policy issues related to food and foodways.
Her book, coauthored with Stephanie Jane Carter, The Encyclopedia of Law and Food, was published by Greenwood Publishing in 2011. In 2013 AltaMira published New Orleans: A Food Biography. Her book Lift Your Spirits: A Celebratory History of Cocktail Culture in New Orleans about the drinking culture of New Orleans was published by LSU Press in the spring of 2016. Unique Eats & Eateries New Orleans was published by Reedy Press in 2019.
Liz hosts the Tip of the Tongue, a podcast for eaters and drinkers who are curious about individuals and issues at the intersection of food, drink, and culture and are hungry for more.
Liz shares a recipe from her new book with us. Super simple and supremely delicious!
Olive Oil and Lemon Spread
Makes about a cup
If you find mayonnaise rich but bland, try this instead. The pectin in the lemon (or other citrus) skin will emulsify the oil, so you don't need egg. In Nana's day, lemons were abundant, and this was what she typically used instead of mayonnaise. I like it on freshly sliced tomatoes and sandwiches.
1 lemon (or 5 or 6 kumquats)
1 cup olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
- Wash the lemon and quarter it. Don't worry about the seeds, they'll emulsify. Place the lemon quarters into a blender. Add half of the oil, as well as the salt and pepper.
- Slowly start the blender and gradually raise the speed until the oil and lemon are emulsified. Drizzle the rest of the oil into the blender while it is running.
- Place the spread into a jar, cover with a lid, and refrigerate up to 3 weeks.
LIZ’S LINKS:
- Newsletter
- Podcast
- Southern Food & Beverage Museum
- Articles on NOLA
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Certified Professional Organizer C.Lee Cawley (there are fewer than 400 worldwide) is with us this week! Through her adroit advice and insightful instruction, C.Lee has transformed both the living spaces and personal lives of her thousands of followers, clients, and students on five continents. C.Lee's current mission is to bring order to cluttered desks and overwhelmed minds with her signature course “The Paper Cleanse”. In it, she teaches people how to declutter their paper piles and curate their frustrating files for long-lasting paper organization, without scanning a thing!
C.Lee lives in Arlington, Virginia with her husband of over 30 years and considers herself "indoorsy". As an Anglophile who also adores alliteration, she delights in hosting friends for divine desserts, decadent drinks, and deep discussions.
C.LEE’S LINKS:
Website
Facebook group
S.C.O.R.E. website
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This week Denise continues her chats with Rev. Pamela Nelson-Munson. Pamela tells us, “People are more involved, creative, happy, and take ownership when given encouragement and free rein to follow their bliss.” She also tells us how she came to have a commercial convection oven in all her parishes. Pam and Denise suggest that all of us write the timeline of our life so we can see just how much we’ve accomplished.
Pamela’s goals for retirement:
- Write my father’s biography.
- Compile our family cookbook.
- Swedish Death Cleaning.
- Keep challenging my cooking prowess.
- Travel, travel, travel.
- Remodel my 1970 galley kitchen.
- Lose 100 lbs without feeling hungry or needing to exercise.
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PAMELA’S Links:
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pamela.nelson.munson
- Email: RevPam@Yahoo.com
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This week Denise chats with her old friend, Rev. Pamela Nelson-Munson. They talk about how neither one was “good in school,” and how they eventually found their places, how a pastor is like a mistress, and taking a break to go to culinary school. She says, “Thinking if I worked hard, was polite, smiled, and wore deodorant that everyone would play nice in the sandbox.” Rev. Pam shares with us some wisdom and some things she’d like to be able to do over:
Do-overs:
- Not be so quick to please as a defense mechanism.
- Withhold immediate responses, and trust that tomorrow brings its own wisdom.
- Have talked more over with my dad for his long view.
- Asked my mother more about herself (apart from being a mother and a wife).
- Listened more than talked with my daughters.
- Not followed my grandfather’s and father’s maxim: the job comes 1st.
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Wisdom/Lessons (If I had it to do all over again):
- God is love. Period. That love is broader and more encompassing and deeper and more than our feeble minds can comprehend…so don’t judge...you’re not God.
- Sometimes all you must do is show up, and amazing things happen.
- Old/er folks have amazing stories you can learn from.
- It takes so little to have people feel heard.
- A lot of women our mother’s age (and our age) have been sexually abused and have held shame for decades.
- Children are as important as adults when giving time/attention/importance.
- People are more involved, creative, happy, and take ownership when given encouragement and free rein to follow their bliss.
- Make plans; God laughs.
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- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
This week Denise shares her travel tips for making trips easier!
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- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Our friend Liz Pollock is back with us to talk about the wonderful world of culinary ephemera. You know, all those fantastic old pamphlets and booklets that appliance manufacturers produced to show women how to use their fancy new labor-saving appliances. Stoves and toasters! Fryers and broilers! Blenders and microwaves! Liz has a talk coming up at the Mark Taper Auditorium on May 13th on American Ingenuity and Innovation: Kitchen Appliance Instruction Manuals. Details on the Culinary Historians of Southern California website below.
Liz is the author of The Lost Restaurants of Santa Cruz County. She is the owner of The Cook’s Bookcase, an independent bookstore specializing in food, wine, and a bit of gardening. She lives in Santa Cruz, CA.
LIZ’S LINKS:
- Website: https://www.cooksbookcase.com
- Phone: 831-251-9281
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057353294234
- The Lost Restaurants of Santa Cruz County: https://www.cooksbookcase.com/blogs/news/lost-restaurants-of-santa-cruz-county-pre-order-now
- Wiki: https://en.everybodywiki.com/Liz_Pollock
- Culinary Historians of Southern California: https://www.chsocal.org
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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Chef Tanya Holland is with us this week to talk about her journey to becoming Executive Chef and Owner of the internationally renowned and beloved Brown Sugar Kitchen restaurant, in Oakland, California. She is acclaimed for her inventive take on modern soul food, as well as comfort classics. Her newest book, Tanya Holland’s California Soul, features recipes influenced by the historical migration of African American families, including Tanya’s own, using key ingredients, techniques, and traditions that African Americans brought with them as they left the South for California, creating a beloved version of soul food. In addition to 80 delicious and comforting recipes, there are stories about fifteen contemporary Black Californian food artisans whose work helps define California soul food today.
She is also the author of The Brown Sugar Kitchen Cookbook and New Soul Cooking. Holland competed on the 15th season of Top Chef on Bravo, was the host and soul food expert on Food Network’s Melting Pot, she appears on the new HBO Max show Selena + Chef featuring Selena Gomez, and is the host of “Tanya’s Kitchen Table” on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network.
She is a member of the Board of Trustees, a frequent contributing writer and chef at the James Beard Foundation, and Brown Sugar Kitchen (Oakland, CA) has received multiple Michelin Bib Gourmand awards. She is an in-demand public speaker and lecturer who frequently leads the conversation on inclusion and equity in the hospitality industry.
Holland leads a critically acclaimed podcast “Tanya’s Table” produced by MuddHouse Media, interviewing many celebrity guests in Season One such as Questlove, Samin Nosrat, Alice Waters, Danny Meyer, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Bassem Youssef, and Carla Hall. Season Two of “Tanya’s Table” features special guests Ayesha Curry, Danny Glover, Bonnie Raitt, Phil Rosenthal, Lars Ulrich, Lizz Wright, Ericka Huggins, Jonny Moseley, and others.
Holland has served as the president of the prestigious Les Dames d’Escoffier San Francisco chapter. The City of Oakland declared June 5th, 2012, as Tanya Holland Day for her "Significant Role in Creating Community and Establishing Oakland as a Culinary Center".
Holland holds a Bachelor of Arts in Russian Language and Literature from the University of Virginia, as well as a Grande Diplôme from La Varenne Ecole de Cuisine in Burgundy, France.
TANYA’S LINKS:
- Website: https://www.tanyaholland.com
- Tanya Holland’s California Soul: https://a.co/d/2eeWLik
- The Brown Sugar Kitchen Cookbook: https://a.co/d/7obR3TG
- Newsletter: https://tanyaholland.substack.com/p/welcome-to-tanyas-kitchen-bulletin
- Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tanyas-table-podcast/id1524657839
- Tanya’s Kitchen Table on OWN: https://www.oprah.com/app/tanyas-kitchen-table.html
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-holland-a95a283/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mstanyaholland/
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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Gal-pal of the podcast, Pat Greenberg, is with us to decipher the confusing information around healthy eating. She brings it back to the basics for an effortless approach to having a healthy kitchen. This episode is for anyone who wants to lose some weight, get more fit, or just to be healthier and feel better.
Below are suggestions for healthier eating using common food items most of have on hand or can easily get. Making small changes are easier, and they add up to success!
- No matter what meal you are eating and what’s on your plate, always start with a big glass of water.
- Start out by only eating treats outside of the house. Celebrations at restaurants, parties and milestone events are fine but keeping your kitchen clean of treats will keep you on track.
- Every meal should include a serving of fruits and vegetables. Pizza with veggies is a perfect example.
- Any protein will do, beef, chicken, fish, beans, and (my go-to) eggs.
- Dairy products are fine, just don’t consume any that are artificially prepared or colored.
- Breads should be sourdough or whole grain.
- Instead of a candy bar, substitute a bowl of nuts and chocolate chips.
- Instead of straight up soda, add seltzer to it.
- Always be mindful of portions sizes.
- Stick with foods you enjoy, life should always be happy!
- Lastly, if you are having trouble, it’s often emotional so do get yourself some help.
Ushering in a new era of bite sized livable health, nutrition and fitness solutions, Pat practices what she preaches. A working wife and mother, she has 30 years of experience as a Certified Nutritionist, Chef, and Wellness educator. She lives a healthy lifestyle in an often-chaotic world through good food and attainable fitness. Patricia runs The Fitness Gourmet, a wellness consulting firm that specializes in teaching seminars nationwide. She has a special interest in enhancing the education of the public, providing accurate nutrition and health information to today’s consumer which has had an impact on the lives and health of thousands of people.
PAT’S LINKS:
- Website: https://www.patriciagreenberg.com
- Email Pat a question: thefitnessgourmet@mac.com
- Buy Pat’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Patricia-Greenberg/e/B001IR1E2
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefitnessgourmet
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/PatriciaGreenberg
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patgreenbergthefitnessgourmet/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefitnessgourmet/
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Seattle Money Coach Mikelann tells us “Beauty makes me feel like I am really living and savoring my life. So why would this be less true in our money and financial life? I want my financial life to be beautiful as well. I want to bring beauty to my money! Otherwise, it is a place of clutter and disorder (and conveys an internal message that I don’t care or honor my money—so really—since I haven’t made it a nice home, why should it stick around??!) Without beauty, my money life feels like that back kitchen drawer I resist opening, or the closet we have crammed full of stuff… So, we stay away… Let the conversation begin!”
Mikelann is an author, keynote speaker and money coach who helps women transform their relationship with money to create a life they love. For over 20 years, she has been a thought leader in the field of Financial Psychology. Her strong background in emotional intelligence, paired with her practical money strategies enable her clients to consciously design their life, while escaping financial stress and anxiety.
MIKELANN’S LINKS:
- Website and free ebook: www.seattlemoneycoach.com
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikelann
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SeattleMoneyCoach
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seattlemoneycoach/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MikelannSeattleMoneyCoach
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikelannvalterra/
- Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/seattlemoneycoach/
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast hosted by Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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Raghavan Iyer calls himself “a tenacious bitch,” not letting his terminal diagnosis and endless rounds of chemotherapy stop him from completing his last book, On the Curry Trail: Chasing the Flavor that Seduced the World. If you are lucky enough to know Raghavan, you have been blessed. If you don’t know him, it’s well worth your time to search out more information about him. And to learn more about curry from his books!
Raghavan has a GoFundMe campaign Revival Foods Project: Global Comforts that Heal. This project will bring comfort food from around the world to patients battling the brutal effects of chemo and other health challenges. Inspired by his own experience, Raghavan’s goal is to bring more globally inspired and culturally relevant recipes into hospitals and other health care settings to provide nourishment, joy, and healing to patients from diverse backgrounds.
RAGHAVAN’S LINKS:
- Website: http://www.raghavaniyer.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/raghavan.iyer
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raghavaniyer/
- Buy the book: https://a.co/d/3xAHZF7
- GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/671ae4eb
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast hosted by Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Denise-Vivaldo/author/B001K8QNRA
Agent Extraordinaire Sally Ekus tells us that the better your cookbook proposal, the bigger the advance. Does your proposal pass the “toddler test?” Listen in to find out what this magical test is!
Sally is the lead agent and co-owner at The Ekus Group, a full-service culinary agency specializing in Literary and Talent representation. She represents a wide range of culinary, health, wellness, and lifestyle talent, from first-time cookbook authors to seasoned chefs, RDs, professional food writers and bloggers, and internet and YouTube personalities. From concept to contract, she has brokered over 300 book deals with top publishers including Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Hachette, Simon & Schuster, and numerous indie publishers. To honor The Ekus Group’s 40th anniversary in April 2022, she launched a self-paced online course called How to Write a Cookbook. Its bite-sized curriculum distills 4 decades of cookbook publishing knowledge into less than 3 hours. Leveraging Sally’s expertise, aspiring authors are already fast-tracking their success by overcoming the steep learning curve of today’s evolving industry climate.
SALLY’S LINKS:
- How to Write a Cookbook: https://teg.podia.com/how-to-write-a-cookbook
- Ekus Group proposal guidelines: https://ekusgroup.com/submission-requirements/
- Website: https://ekusgroup.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/howtobeacookbookauthor
- Ekus Group Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ekusgroup/
- Sally Ekus Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sallyekus/
- First Generation cookbook: https://a.co/d/9VKSpb3
- Blue Moon Soup: https://a.co/d/0HUmjeA
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast hosted by Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Denise-Vivaldo/author/B001K8QNRA
Cristina Potters is back with us for another information-packed episode, this time we talk about corn! Corn tops rice and wheat for the most produced crop in the world. Corn is over 7000 years old and originated in central Mexico. Cristina gives us a glimpse into the world of corn!
Cristina is a Chicago native, arrived in Mexico in 1981. After several years as a social worker in the Tijuana city jail, she lived in Mexico City, then in a tiny village in Michoacán, and subsequently resided for many years in the state of Jalisco, including in Guadalajara. Long a permanent fixture in Morelia, Michoacán, she holds dual Mexican and United States citizenship.
Cristina learned the cuisines of the central highlands of Mexico from the source: the mayoras (extraordinary older home cooks) who have been her friends for over 40 years. She has mastered the intricacies of many traditional Mexican recipes, flavors, and of course, the delights of the pre-Hispanic corn and chile kitchen.
Mexico Cooks!, Cristina’s website about all things Mexico, has been named the number one food blog in the world by the London Times. Praised and quoted in newspapers as diverse as the New York Times, Guadalajara’s El Mural, the South China Morning Post, and the Chicago Tribune, Mexico Cooks! is the internet’s most authoritative voice about the cuisines and cultures of central Mexico. The first person to write online in English about Mexico’s cuisines, she is cited as the go-to expert on Mexico in Lonely Planet Mexico and is quoted in Time Out Mexico City. Cristina and Mexico Cooks! currently boast between six and seven million readers throughout the world.
CRISTINAS’S LINKS:
- Website: Mexico Cooks!
- Twitter: @mexicocooks
- Facebook: Mexico Cooks
- Instagram: @mexicocooks44
- Email: patalarga@gmail.com
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast hosted by Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Denise-Vivaldo/author/B001K8QNRA
Cristina Potters, a Chicago native, arrived in Mexico in 1981. After several years as a social worker in the Tijuana city jail, she lived in Mexico City, then in a tiny village in Michoacán, and subsequently resided for many years in the state of Jalisco, including in Guadalajara. Long a permanent fixture in Morelia, Michoacán, she holds dual Mexican and United States citizenship.
Cristina learned the cuisines of the central highlands of Mexico from the source: the mayoras (extraordinary older home cooks) who have been her friends for over 40 years. She has mastered the intricacies of many traditional Mexican recipes, flavors, and of course, the delights of the pre-Hispanic corn and chile kitchen.
Mexico Cooks!, Cristina’s website about all things Mexico, has been named the number one food blog in the world by the London Times. Praised and quoted in newspapers as diverse as the New York Times, Guadalajara’s El Mural, the South China Morning Post, and the Chicago Tribune, Mexico Cooks! is the internet’s most authoritative voice about the cuisines and cultures of central Mexico. The first person to write online in English about Mexico’s cuisines, she is cited as the go-to expert on Mexico in Lonely Planet Mexico and is quoted in Time Out Mexico City. Cristina and Mexico Cooks! currently boast between six and seven million readers throughout the world.
CRISTINAS’S LINKS:
- Website: Mexico Cooks!
- Twitter: @mexicocooks
- Facebook: Mexico Cooks
- Instagram: @mexicocooks44
- Email: patalarga@gmail.com
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
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- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Denise-Vivaldo/author/B001K8QNRA
Linda Civitello is back with us this week to talk about her award-winning book, Baking Powder Wars: The Cutthroat Food Fight That Revolutionized Cooking. American women in the 1800s were tied to their kitchens, having to make beer to make yeast so they could bake enough bread for their family to survive. (Bread was more than just a staple, people used to eat a pound a day!) It’s from these women looking for shortcuts that baking powder’s development began. It’s a surprising story involving presidents and robber barons, bribery, lying, cheating and more! A fascinating story about how a product that changed our food landscape forever!
Linda Civitello is also the author of the award-winning book, Cuisine and Culture: A History of Food and People. She developed the curriculum and taught history of food at culinary schools in southern California and speaks frequently on a wide range of food history topics. Her book is used to teach food history in culinary schools. Linda has spoken at Harvard University, appeared on television on Bizarre Foods, and on the BBC. She cooks professionally, making historic recipes using heirloom flour and Italian pastries, and gelati for a select clientele. She is currently writing an article on food and racism, and a book on Food and Film from Prohibition to James Bond.Linda has a B.A. from Vassar and a Ph.D. from UCLA.
LINDA’S LINKS:
- Buy Baking Powder Wars: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0252082591
- Watch America Takes the Cake: https://vimeo.com/240607433
- Buy Cuisine and Culture: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0470403713
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/linda.civitello
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linda-civitello-b00a3722/
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Linda Civitello, author of the award-winning book Cuisine and Culture: A History of Food and People, is with us this week to talk about how history, food and culture shape our diet. Linda developed the curriculum and taught history of food at culinary schools in southern California, and speaks frequently on a wide range of food history topics. Her book is used to teach food history in culinary schools. Linda has spoken at Harvard University, appeared on television on Bizarre Foods and on the BBC.
Linda Civitello is the author of another award-winning book, Baking Powder Wars: The Cutthroat Food Fight That Revolutionized Cooking. She also cooks professionally, making historic recipes using heirloom flour, and Italian pastries and gelati for a select clientele. She is currently writing an article on food and racism, and a book on Food and Film from Prohibition to James Bond. Linda has a B.A. from Vassar and a Ph.D. from UCLA.
LINDA’S LINKS:
- Buy Cuisine and Culture: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0470403713
- Buy Baking Powder Wars: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0252082591
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/linda.civitello
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linda-civitello-b00a3722/
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
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- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Pat Greenberg is back for part 2 of our downsizing extravaganza! This time we’re discussing downsizing our own living spaces, downsizing the amount of unnecessary stuff that surrounds us, finding happiness in our homes, the importance of having a network of family and friends, and including your passions in your life.
Ushering in a new era of bite sized livable health, nutrition and fitness solutions, Pat practices what she preaches. A working wife and mother, she has 30 years of experience as a Certified Nutritionist, Chef, and Wellness educator. She lives a healthy lifestyle in an often-chaotic world through good food and attainable fitness. Patricia runs The Fitness Gourmet, a wellness consulting firm that specializes in teaching seminars nationwide. She has a special interest in enhancing the education of the general public, providing accurate nutrition and health information to today’s consumer which has had an impact on the lives and health of thousands of people.
PAT’S LINKS:
- Website: https://www.thefitnessgourmet.com
- Email Pat a question: thefitnessgourmet@mac.com
- Buy Pat’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Patricia-Greenberg/e/B001IR1E2
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefitnessgourmet
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/fitnessgourmet
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patgreenbergthefitnessgourmet/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefitnessgourmet/
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
One of our favorite guests, Pat Greenberg, is back with us this week is back with us this week to talk about what to do with a lifetime of stuff when parents pass away. It’s difficult on so many levels. Have you gone through this? How did you handle it?
Ushering in a new era of bite sized livable health, nutrition and fitness solutions, Pat practices what she preaches. A working wife and mother, she has 30 years of experience as a Certified Nutritionist, Chef, and Wellness educator. She lives a healthy lifestyle in an often-chaotic world through good food and attainable fitness. Patricia runs The Fitness Gourmet, a wellness consulting firm that specializes in teaching seminars nationwide. She has a special interest in enhancing the education of the general public, providing accurate nutrition and health information to today’s consumer which has had an impact on the lives and health of thousands of people.
PAT’S LINKS:
- Website: https://www.thefitnessgourmet.com
- Email Pat a question: thefitnessgourmet@mac.com
- Buy Pat’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Patricia-Greenberg/e/B001IR1E2
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefitnessgourmet
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/fitnessgourmet
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patgreenbergthefitnessgourmet/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefitnessgourmet/
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
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Magdalena Wszelaki is with us this week to talk about something we should all be thinking more about—breasts and breast health. We chat about fibrocystic breasts and how to prevent them, how hormones affect breast health, and about her own journey through Graves’, Hashimoto’s, adrenal fatigue, estrogen dominance, and years of digestive issues. Magdalena is passionate about using her experience and education to help others.
Magdalena is an endocrine specialist, chef, certified nutrition coach, herbalist, speaker, and educator. She is also the author of Overcoming Estrogen Dominance and Cooking for Hormone Balance. She is the founder of Wellena, a clean supplement and skincare line by women for women, and of Hormones Balance, an online community with information on how to get started on your own hormone balancing journey. Magdalena’s Happy Sisters Kit is formulated to help women suffering from breast lumps, fibrocystic breasts, painful and/or swollen breasts, and breast changes around their cycle. And one lucky listener will win the kit in our drawing!
MAGDALENA’S LINKS:
- Hormones Balance website: https://hormonesbalance.com
- Wellena website: https://wellena.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hormonesbalance/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hormonebalance/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcTSimsaVGX7-wxLt_PcuVw
- Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/hormonebalance/
- Overcoming Estrogen Dominance: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0062643134
- Cooking for Hormone Balance: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0578822431
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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We're taking a break for the holidays! We'll be back on January 8th, 2023 with new episodes!
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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In this episode we talk with Courtney Nzeribe about great holiday gift ideas for the food lovers on your list. Courtney’s background is in Retail and Accounts in the cosmetic and culinary/home arenas. In addition, she has extensive catering experience for private clients and the diplomatic consular community in the Chicago area, as well as most recently serving on the catering crew for The Rolling Stones No Filter kickoff in St. Louis. Besides her culinary interests, she has appeared in print writing about food and travel, and doing on-air demos for television. Courtney studied Fine Arts at Parsons, Paris France and is still practicing her arts with illustration and painting. Her illustrations have appeared in Gastronomica, University of California Press February 2020, and the medieval culinary handbook A Hastiness of Cooks, winner of 2020 Gourmand World Cookbook awards. She work exudes joy and life and movement in whatever medium she works in.
COURTNEY’S LINKS:
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cococollectionillustrations/
- Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/CocoCollectionArt
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cococollectionart/
- Website: https://www.cococollectionart.com
- A Hastiness of Cooks: https://a.co/d/5Gy79YA
GIFT RESOURCES:
- Hoosier Farms for milk powder, heavy cream powder (yes!), cheese powder, popcorn toppings, hot chocolate, as well as many other cool items. https://hoosierhillfarm.com for
- Knife Aid for knife sharpening by mail. https://knifeaid.com
- for the most interactive classes from a retailer, both in-person and online. https://www.surlatable.com/cooking-classes-1/
- Williams Sonoma for the best quality dish towels you can get. Great sales on now! https://www.williams-sonoma.com/shop/homekeeping/dish-cloths-towels/
- Nuts.com for every kind of nut and dried fruit, chocolate, fudge, retro candy, and more. https://nuts.com
- Middleton Knives for gorgeous hand-made, high carbon steel knives. https://www.middletonmadeknives.com
- Check out Patreon and Substack’s websites for gift subscriptions to newsletters from a favorite food writer or chef.
- Homemade fudge makes a fantastic present. We love the easy recipe that used to come on the back label of Marshmallow Fluff: https://www.myfoodandfamily.com/recipe/051833/fantasy-fudge
- Mini bar in a jar: Place an assortment of tiny liquor bottles (Bevmo has a great selection) along with a few single serving snacks like pretzels, peanuts and candy in a large, wide-mouth mason jar and tie with ribbon. Put some confetti or shredded colorful paper in the bottom of the jar. Party time!
- Soup mixes are popular in the winter. Place alternating layers of different types of dried beans in a 16-ounce mason jar. Place dried herbs, spices, salt and pepper in a small bag and place on top. Include a recipe card and a nice bow.
- Mini quick breads like pumpkin, zucchini, carrot, apple, orange cranberry, whatever you like! Bake in paper or aluminum loaf pans make delicious gifts. Paper loaf pans come in a huge variety of colors and sizes and are available at cookware stores, Target, and Amazon.
- Herbal sleep pillows make lovely gifts. Fill muslin drawstring bags with dried herbs like rose petals, lavender, or fir balsam, stitch the opening closed and make a pillowcase with soft flannel. We use the Monterey Herb Co. for our dried herbs. https://www.herbco.com
- Limoncello is easy to make but it’ll take 2 weeks to stand before it’s ready. There’s a great recipe here https://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-limoncello-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-197694
- If Kahlua is more your style, there’s a wonderful recipe here. It doesn’t need to sit 2 weeks, just pour into pretty bottles and gift! https://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-limoncello-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-197694
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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Chris Taylor and Paul Agruin are back with us for a second episode! We’re talking about giving home-baked gifts for the holidays; how to make, how to store, how condensation is the enemy of freshness, and the importance of packaging. Their latest book, Fabulous Modern Cookies, is packed with delicious recipes, variations and tips (and even a nifty flavor index).
Paul and Chris are scientists who used their backgrounds to develop logical and reliable recipes that are baker friendly. The couple met through a mutual friend in 2009 and have been baking together ever since. Chris is a full-time epidemiologist and Paul Arguin is a double-board certified MD. Both are self-taught bakers and enjoy winning competitive baking championships. Their first book was, The New Pie: Modern Techniques for the Classic American Dessert.
CHRIS AND PAUL’S LINKS:
- Cookie Book: https://a.co/d/3dSFxMy
- Pie Book: https://a.co/d/bit4zR7
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/floursugarbutter/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arguin
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christopherataylor
- Bio: https://bio.site/FlourSugarButter
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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This week we have the authors of Fabulous Modern Cookies, Chris Taylor and Paul Agruin. Chris and Paul are scientists who used their backgrounds to develop logical and reliable recipes that are baker friendly. The couple met through a mutual friend in 2009 and have been baking together ever since. Chris is a full-time epidemiologist and Paul Arguin is a double-board certified MD. Both are self-taught bakers and enjoy winning competitive baking championships. Their first book was, The New Pie: Modern Techniques for the Classic American Dessert. Below is their recipe for Mocksies!
CHRIS AND PAUL’S LINKS:
- Cookie Book: https://a.co/d/3dSFxMy
- Pie Book: https://a.co/d/bit4zR7
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/floursugarbutter/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arguin
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christopherataylor
- Bio: https://bio.site/FlourSugarButter
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
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- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
This week we have the creator of the incredible Pasta Grannies, Vicky Bennison! Vicky’s YouTube series has nearly two million followers and her first Pasta Grannies cookbook has been translated into six languages.
As well as meat, seafood and vegetable pasta recipes, chapters cover pizzas, pastries and pies, rice, pulses, dairy, herbs, nuts, and spices. Every recipe is accompanied with a QR code which will take you to the YouTube videos of these remarkable women and their recipes. Complete with stunning location and recipe photography, with a clear guide to pasta making by hand, Pasta Grannies: Comfort Cooking is not only a celebration of cooking and feasting together, but also an insight into their lives, and a joyous slice of the Italian way of life. Scan the QR code to see the Pasta Grannies episode for the recipe below!
VICKY’S LINKS:
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/pastagrannies
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pastagrannies/
- Pasta Grannies, Comfort Cooking: https://a.co/d/1HNtGfu
- Pasta Grannies, The Official Cookbook: https://a.co/d/9RjLHdD
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pastagrannies
- Ted Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/vicky_bennison_fettuccine_and_feminism
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Elizabeth Ann Quirino is back with us this week to talk about her upcoming book, Every Ounce of Courage: A Daughter’s Reflections on Her Mother’s Bravery, a memoir with Filipino recipes.
Betty Ann has published three cookbooks: Instant Filipino Recipes: My Mother’s Traditional Philippine Food in a Multicooker Pot, a follow up to My Mother’s Philippine Recipes, a collection of her late mother’s favorite Filipino classic dishes which Betty Ann transformed to everyday cooking in her American kitchen. She writes the very popular blog, The Quirino Kitchen and has won too many awards to list here. Betty Ann was born and raised in Tarlac, Philippines, and now based in New Jersey, USA. She is also freelance journalist, and food writer.
BETTY ANN’S LINKS:
- Website: https://thequirinokitchen.com
- Blog: https://thequirinokitchen.com/recipe-index/
- Books: https://www.amazon.com/Elizabeth-Ann-Besa-Quirino/e/B017QJBW1I/ref=aufs_dp_fta_dsk
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsianInAmericaFilipinoFood
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/BettyAnnQuirino
- Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/TheQuirinoKitchen/
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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Thanksgiving superhero Rick Rodgers is with us this week! And just in time for Thanksgiving! Rick and Denise talk about cooking for the holidays, making it easier on yourself, and the importance of lists, lists, and more lists. As the author of Thanksgiving 101, he knows his way around Thanksgiving! Below Rick give us his recipe for Cranberry, Ginger, and Lemon Chutney.
Rick is a legendary cookbook author and award-winning culinary teacher. He is an expert on the desserts and history of the lively cafes and legendary bakeries of Vienna, Budapest, and Prague. At CoffeeAndCake.org Rick teaches you how to recreate these famed baked goods in your own kitchen. As the author of the best-selling book, Kaffeehause, Rick is uniquely equipped to share these iconic recipes. There are upcoming joint classes with Rose Levy Beranbaum and Michelle Polzine, not to be missed! Bon Appetite magazine awarded Rick the prestigious Food and Entertaining Award for “Outstanding Culinary Teacher,” an honor he shares with only a handful of other educators.
RICK’S LINKS:
- Website: https://coffeeandcake.org
- Kaffeehause: https://www.amazon.com/Kaffeehaus-Exquisite-Desserts-Classic-Budapest-ebook/dp/B09NN6SM2B/ref=sr_1_1
- Thanksgiving 101: https://www.amazon.com/Thanksgiving-101-Celebrate-Americas-Favorite/dp/0061227315/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cookbookrick/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CookbookRick
Cranberry, Ginger, and Lemon Chutney Makes about 3 cups, 12 servings From THANKSGIVING 101 by Rick Rodgers
I have created countless recipes for homemade cranberry sauce over the years, but this is the one that I garners the most requests. Everyone loves its zesty, sweet, and spicy combination of flavors, and it really enlivens a traditional menu. Remember, cranberry sauce keeps forever, so you can make it will ahead of the main event or keep leftovers a few weeks.
1 medium lemon
One 12-ounce bag fresh or frozen cranberries, rinsed, soft berries discarded
2 cups granulated sugar
½ cup (¼-inch dice) crystallized ginger (about 2½ ounces)
⅓ cup finely chopped yellow onion
1 garlic clove, minced
1 jalapeño pepper, seeded and minced
1 cinnamon stick
½ teaspoon dry mustard
½ teaspoon salt
- Using a Micrograter or the small holes on a box grater, remove the yellow zest from the lemon. Using a small, sharp paring knife, cut away and discard the thick white pith. Cut the lemon in half horizontally and pick out the seeds with the tip of the knife. Dice the lemon flesh into ¼-inch pieces.
- In a medium, nonreactive saucepan, combine the cranberries, diced lemon and zest, sugar, ginger, onion, garlic, jalapeno, cinnamon stick, mustard and salt. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring often to help dissolve the sugar. Reduce the heat to low and simmer until the sauce is thick and the cranberries have burst, 10 to 15 minutes. Cool completely. (The chutney can be prepared up to 3 weeks ahead, covered tightly and refrigerated.) Remove the cinnamon stick just before serving. Serve at room temperature.
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Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
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We are so excited to have Elizabeth Ann Quirino with us this week to talk about Filipino food, family and, and her blog, The Quirino Kitchen. She has written and indie published three cookbooks: Instant Filipino Recipes: My Mother’s Traditional Philippine Food in a Multicooker Pot, a follow up to My Mother’s Philippine Recipes, a collection of her late mother’s favorite Filipino classic dishes which Betty Ann transformed to everyday cooking in her American kitchen. She has won too many awards to list here. Betty Ann was born and raised in Tarlac, Philippines, and now based in New Jersey, USA. She is also freelance journalist, and food writer. She blogs about Filipino home cooking recipes on her very popular site TheQuirinoKitchen.com. Betty Ann travels often to her home in the Philippines, and throughout Asia, in search of traditional recipes and stories about culture and history. She will soon publish her next book, Every Ounce of Courage: A Daughter’s Reflections on Her Mother’s Bravery, which is a memoir with Filipino recipes.
Betty Ann shares two of her favorite recipes for the holidays with us. Scroll to the bottom of these notes to get them!
BETTY ANN’S LINKS:
- Website: https://thequirinokitchen.com
- Blog: https://thequirinokitchen.com/recipe-index/
- Books: https://www.amazon.com/Elizabeth-Ann-Besa-Quirino/e/B017QJBW1I/ref=aufs_dp_fta_dsk
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsianInAmericaFilipinoFood
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/BettyAnnQuirino
- Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/TheQuirinoKitchen/
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
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We are ever-so-lucky to have the delightful and irrepressible Crescent Dragonwagon back with us to talk about another of her wonderful books out in a new edition. This time it’s Dairy Hollow House Soup & Bread, a Country Inn Cookbook. Raghavan Iyer says, “Soup and bread in her capable hands create all the right magic for the body and soul,” and that her “recipes sing with flavor.” Below Crescent shares one of her readers’ favorites (as mentioned in this episode), just in time for autumn
For nearly two decades, Dairy Hollow House—an inn and restaurant tucked into the Ozark Mountain resort town of Eureka Springs, Arkansas—welcomed guests from all over the world. The inn offered sparkling fresh, innovative “nouveau’zarks” cuisine, contemporary interpretations of local traditional cooking. Although now closed, you can still enjoy the satisfying dishes in the 30th anniversary edition of Crescent’s magical book.
Greek Lentil and Spinach Soup with Lemon
Makes 4-6 servings
Serve this with couscous salad, a plate of sliced feta and olives, some baba ghanoush with whole-wheat pita, and fresh pineapple and Medjool dates for dessert.
- 1 lb brown or large green lentils, rinsed and picked over
- 10 cups vegetable broth or water
- 1 jalapeño pepper, stemmed, seeded and chopped
- 2 tsp whole coriander seeds
- 1½ tsp cumin seeds
- 2½ tsp dried oregano
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 medium Yukon gold, russet or red potatoes (1¼ lbs), scrubbed, cut into ½-inch dice
- 10 oz baby spinach, chopped
- 1 small butternut squash (1 lb), peeled, seeded, cut into ½-inch dice (about 3 cups)
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 2 ribs celery, with leaves, sliced
- 3 large garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 2 tsp kosher salt, or more to taste
- ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper, or more to taste
- 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
- 2 lemons
Directions:
- In a large soup pot over medium-high heat, combine the lentils, stock or water, jalapeño, coriander, cumin, oregano, and bay leaves. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low. Simmer, partially covered, about 30 minutes, until the lentils are tender.
- Add the potatoes, spinach and butternut squash, re-cover and cook another 15 to 20 minutes, until the potatoes and squash are tender.
- Meanwhile, in a large skillet over medium heat, heat the olive oil until shimmering. Add the onion, and cook, stirring, until it starts to soften, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the celery and garlic and cook, stirring often, until they soften, 3 minutes. Add the mixture to the soup, deglazing the skillet with a little soup liquid and adding the deglaze contents back to the soup pot. Add the salt and pepper, taste, and add more if needed. Pick out and discard the bay leaves.
- Thinly slice one of the lemons and cut the other into wedges. Just before serving, stir the lemon juice into the soup. Serve the soup hot, with a lemon slice floating atop each bowl. Pass lemon wedges at the table.
CRESCENT’S LINKS:
- Website: https://dragonwagon.com
- Book: https://www.amazon.com/Dairy-Hollow-House-Soup-Bread/dp/1682261840/ref=sr_1_1
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crescent.dragonwagon
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/cdragonwagon
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cdragonwagon/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/crescent-dragonwagon-0565b47/
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We continue our chat with Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz, author of Menopause Bootcamp: Optimize Your Health, Empower Your Self, and Flourish as You Age. This episode we talk about the too-often-shameful subject of incontinence. And, yes, we do laugh about it…because we’ve all been there.
Dr. Suzanne is a diplomat of the American College of Obstetrics and gynecology. She received her medical degree in 1996 from the USC School of Medicine and completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA. She is involved in women’s empowerment and public education, and appears frequently as an expert in women’s health and integrative medicine on TV, in print and online. She was board-certified in integrative and holistic medicine in 2008 and completed her clinical Ayurvedic Specialist degree at California College of Ayurveda in 2010. She is cofounder of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s Green Committee and is deeply committed to the promotion of healing that involves individuals, families, communities, and the planet.
SUZANNE’S LINKS:
- Website: https://thedrsuzanne.com
- Book: https://a.co/d/fbY9Acq
- Book Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/askdrsuzanne/
- Bootcamp Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themenopausebootcamp/
- Suzanne’s Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/askdrsuzanne
- Bootcamp Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/themenopausebootcamp
- Tena free sample: https://shop.tena.us/on/demandware.store/Sites-Tena_US-Site/en_US/TrialRequest-Start/C748657380
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We’ve been looking for years for a menopause specialist to have on our show…and the universe has delivered! This week we chat with the author of the fresh-off-the-presses book, Menopause Bootcamp: Optimize Your Health, Empower Your Self, and Flourish as You Age, Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz. Dr. Suzanne believes that the 27 million women entering menopause each year deserves thoughtful, candid, modern, holistic information surrounding this transitional stage in our lives. Real information on menopause has been shockingly sparse and surrounded by ageism, shame, and a lack of support. Life doesn’t end at menopause—it’s the start of something new and wonderful!
Dr. Suzanne is a diplomat of the American College of Obstetrics and gynecology. She received her medical degree in 1996 from the USC School of Medicine and completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA. She is involved in women’s empowerment and public education, and appears frequently as an expert in women’s health and integrative medicine on TV, in print and online. She was board-certified in integrative and holistic medicine in 2008 and completed her clinical Ayurvedic Specialist degree at California College of Ayurveda in 2010. She is cofounder of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s Green Committee and is deeply committed to the promotion of healing that involves individuals, families, communities, and the planet.
SUZANNE’S LINKS:
- Website: https://thedrsuzanne.com
- Book: https://a.co/d/fbY9Acq
- Book Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/askdrsuzanne/
- Bootcamp Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themenopausebootcamp/
- Suzanne’s Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/askdrsuzanne
- Bootcamp Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/themenopausebootcamp
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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Crescent Dragonwagon and illustrator Jessica Love pair up in this lovely and powerful new edition of Crescent’s classic picture book, Will It Be Okay? Those things which caused us to seek comfort in 1977 still require loving attention today. We are reminded, with humanity, grace, and humor, that, yes—yes, it will be okay.
Oatmeal cookies also make things okay. Crescent shares her tummy-warming recipe with us.
Dairy Hollow House Oatmeal Cookies Makes about 72 2-inch cookies
When guests checked out of the inn I ran with Ned, my late husband, for 18 years, we sent them off with a bag containing a cookie each, to enjoy on the way home... to extend the pleasure of their stay just a little longer.
Ingredients: 1½ cups white sugar 1½ cups, packed, dark brown sugar ¾ cup butter, softened to room temp ¾ cup vegetable shortening, preferably Miyoko's Creamery Cultured non-dairy Butter 3 large eggs 1½ tsp vanilla 4½ cups rolled oats (not instant) 3 cups unbleached white flour 1½ tsp baking soda 1½ tsp ground cinnamon ¾ tsp baking powder ¾ tsp salt 1½ cups raisins 1½ cups chopped walnuts or pecans Oil or cooking spray
- Preheat oven to 375.
- In a large bowl, using a handheld mixer, cream together the sugars and the butters, beating till creamy and a little fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. When blended, beat in the vanilla.
- In a second bowl, combine oatmeal, flour, baking soda, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt. Stir all but 1 cup of the oatmeal mixture into the creamed butter-sugar mixture.
- Toss the remaining 1 cup of oatmeal with raisins and nuts and stir this into the batter.
- Oil or spray a baking sheet. Scoop the batter, by rounded teaspoonsful, onto the sheet, allowing 1½ inches between cookies. Bake in the preheated oven for 6 to 8 minutes. Using a spatula, immediately remove the cookies from the sheet, allowing them to cool on a wire rack.
CRESCENT’S LINKS: Website: https://dragonwagon.com Book: https://a.co/d/gC8fjio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crescent.dragonwagon Twitter: https://twitter.com/cdragonwagon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cdragonwagon/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/crescent-dragonwagon-0565b47/
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The publisher of Southern Grit Magazine is with us this week to talk watermelon, Virginian food, mid-century modern furniture, Joseph Hemings, watermelon, breakfast, Megan Thee Stallion, chicken muddle, and watermelon! Fitz talks about photographing his magazine (his photography is gorgeous), Carla Hall critiquing his watermelon jam, how yock originated in Virginia not New Orleans, among many other subjects.
Fitz’s links:
Magazine: https://southerngritmagazine.com
Watermelon journey: https://southerngritmagazine.com/heirloom-hunters-watermelons/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jfitz021
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1011288776108149/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/southern_grit_magazine/
Richmond Magazine article: https://richmondmagazine.com/restaurants-in-richmond/food-news/red-n-sweet-watermelon/
Read: Virginia Barbecue; A History by Joseph Hanes, https://www.amazon.com/Virginia-Barbecue-History-American-Palate/dp/1467136735/ref=sr_1_1
Watch: The Bradford Watermelon Story -- The Mind of A Chef https://youtu.be/ljFJJ4kcNqU
Learn more about watermelons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JtpvQdnmDs
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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Michael Twitty is with us this week to talk about ethnic and culinary history, his Southern Discomfort Tour and his books, The Cooking Gene and Koshersoul. Michael is a culinary historian and food writer.
His award-winning book, The Cooking Gene, traces his ancestry through food from Africa to America and from slavery to freedom. In Koshersoul, Michael explores two of the most distinctive cultures in the world: the foods and traditions of the Aftican Atlantic, and the global Jewish diaspora.
Michael’s links:
Website: https://koshersoulbook.com
Book: https://amzn.to/3O8t0CG
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KosherSoul
Blog: https://afroculinaria.com
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Coleen Kirnan from Tuscan Women Cook is with us to talk about her immersive Tuscan cooking tours which are up and running again! There’s even a new online marketplace so you can shop the area even if you can’t get there yet.
Coleen has been welcoming guests to Montefollonico in the province of Sienna for over 20 years, after a drastic midlife change in her career. She creates an insider’s Italian itinerary filled with friendly, knowledgeable tour guides, translators, and private cooking classes in local rustic kitchen with nonas. Below, she shares a recipe for Tuscan Olive Oil Cake!
Coleen’s links:
Website: https://tuscanwomencook.com
Book: https://tuscanwomencook.com/cookbook/
Marketplace: https://tuscanwomencook.com/mercato-centrale/
Atlas pasta machine: https://a.co/d/4TLCaPx
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tuscanwomencook/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/2scanwomencook
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tuscanwomencook/
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/tuscanwomencook
Trip Advisor: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g1221714-d7714561-Reviews-Tuscan_Women_Cook-Montefollonico_Torrita_di_Siena_Tuscany.html
Tuscan Olive Oil Cake
Makes 8-12 servings
2 cups all-purpose flour 2 Tbsp corn starch 1 tsp salt 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1 cup light olive oil 1 1/4 cup milk 3 large eggs 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract ½ cup lemon juice Zest from 3 lemons Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting
- Place a rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease a 9-inch cake pan. Line bottom and sides with parchment paper OR dust it with flour.
- Stir together the flour, cornstarch, salt, baking powder and baking soda in a mixing bowl until well combined.
- Combine the olive oil and milk in a separate bowl.
- Whisk together the eggs and sugar in a large mixing bowl until well combined. Stir in the extract, lemon juice and zest. Stir in the dry ingredients alternating with the olive oil mixture in two or three additions. Use a flexible spatula and mix only enough to ensure that the flour is moistened.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake until the cake is set and golden on top, for 45 to 50 minutes. The cake will have risen slightly, and the top will spring back when lightly pressed with a finger.
- Cool the cake for 20 minutes on a cooling rack. Carefully unmold the cake onto a serving plate. Allow the cake to cool completely. Dust with confectioner’s sugar before cutting it into wedges and serving.
Variations: Use any kind of nut or non-dairy milk in place of the whole milk.
Substitute any kind of citrus juice and zest for the lemon juice and lemon zest. Or use a combination. Orange and lemon juice are common. Use limoncello or vin santo in place of the lemon juice too.
Orange flower water, rose water or grappa may be used in place of the vanilla extract.
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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We continue our chat with Sandra Gutierrez. We talk money, and the re-release of her book, Latin American Street Foods!
Sandra is an expert on Latin American cuisine, a journalist, and a food historian. Her work has been widely published in magazines and in newspapers across the country. Links below to her PBS show, The New Southern Latino Table, and to the Huffington Post article mentioned in the episode.
Her book, The New Southern-Latino Table: Recipes that Bring Together the Bold and Beloved Flavors of Latin America & The American South, is credited with discovering a new culinary movement and her a new culinary movement and is on exhibit at The Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC.
Sandra shares her recipe for Peach Pico de Gallo with us. Fantastic on seafood, pork or chicken!
Peach Pico de Gallo
Ingredients:
1½ cups peeled, pitted and chopped peaches (not too ripe)
½ cup plum tomatoes, seeded, deveined and chopped
¼ cup minced red onion
¼ cup minced cilantro
1 tablespoon minced jalapenos (seeded, if less heat is desired)
Juice of one lime (or to taste)
Salt and pepper to taste
In a medium bowl, combine the peaches, tomatoes, red onion, cilantro, jalapenos, and lime juice and stir well; season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve immediately or cover and refrigerate for up to 24 hours.
©Copyright Sandra A. Gutierrez 2022; All Rights Reserved.
Sandra’s links:
Website: https://www.sandraskitchenstudio.com
Books: https://www.pinterest.com/alfabase/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sandralatinista/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sandralatinista
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sandralatinista/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/alfabase/
Huffington Post article: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sandra-gutierrez_l_612e6807e4b04778bffd7771
Watch: https://www.pbs.org/video/sandra-gutierrez-the-new-southern-latino-table-8cexyu/
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Sandra Gutierrez chats with us this week about gaining the confidence to write cookbooks and never giving up. She also tells us about her recovery from a broken neck and not knowing if she would live through surgery or ever be able to move again.
Sandra is an expert on Latin American cuisine, a journalist, and a food historian. Her work has been widely published in magazines and in newspapers across the country.
Her book, The New Southern-Latino Table: Recipes that Bring Together the Bold and Beloved Flavors of Latin America & The American South, is credited with discovering a new culinary movement and her a new culinary movement and is on exhibit at The Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC.
Sandra shares her recipe for Elotes Locos with us. It’s a delicious, quick and easy summer side dish!
Grilled Corn with Crema and Cheese (Elotes Locos)
Makes 6 servings
Ingredients:
6 ears of corn on the cob (very fresh corn)
1/2 cup Mexican crema or crème fraiche
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 cup crumbled Queso Cotija (or Parmesan)
Ancho chile powder (to taste)
Directions:
Place corn in a large pot of boiling water and cook for 3-4 minutes; remove from heat; set aside. Heat a grill until moderately hot. Grill corn, turning until slightly charred and tender. In the meantime, combine crema and mayonnaise in a measuring cup; set aside. Place crumbled cheese in a shallow plate.
When corn is nicely grilled, remove from grill and wrap the bottom ¼ in aluminum foil (to make a handle. Dip into the crema mixture, rolling well until coated. Roll in the cheese to coat; top with as much chile powder as you like. Serve immediately.
Copyright© Sandra Gutierrez, 2022; All Rights Reserved.
Sandra’s links:
Website: https://www.sandraskitchenstudio.com
Books: https://www.pinterest.com/alfabase/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sandralatinista/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sandralatinista
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sandralatinista/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/alfabase/
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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Debra Freeman is back with us to talk about her latest adventures! She has a fantastic new article out on Eater: Freedom, Finances and Fried Chicken, and a delicious new podcast on the Whetstone Radio Collective, Setting the Table.
Debra has written for Plate Magazine, Epicurious, Garden and Gun, Pit Magazine, Gravy, Southern Grit Magazine, and Gastro Obscura, has had her work featured in Huffington Post and The New York Times, and has done cultural commentary for BBC Radio and other international outlets. Freeman writes about the intersection of race, culture, and food.
Even though Black women are the reason you can look at menus all over the country and see fried chicken, the impact of Black women in the culinary space extends far beyond that single dish and needs to be acknowledged. It is clear their hands have touched nearly every facet of what we consider American food, yet their achievements are rarely spoken about or celebrated, let alone celebrated to the same degree as many others in the food space. The skills born of necessity during enslavement later became the tools to support their families and their communities, and because of their skill and culinary innovation, the recipes spread throughout the country, leaving dishes that still endure.
We cannot be certain of the first person to fry chicken in America, but everyone who enjoys the Gospel Bird owes a debt to the Black women who cooked under unimaginable conditions to create a better life for themselves and their families. Without their ingenuity, talent, and knowledge, our nation would be far less delicious.
Debra’s links:
Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/setting-the-table/id1612896458
Article: https://www.eater.com/23156528/fried-chicken-south-virginia-black-women-history
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deb.freeman.125
Twitter: https://twitter.com/audiophilegirl
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/audiophilegirl/
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
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- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
We’re starting our 5th year, and our 200th episode is right around the corner! Where has the time gone? As we briefly reflect on our last 4 years of chatting with fascinating women, we’ve concluded that attitude and resilience are everything.
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Shari Ulrich is with us this week to chat with Denise about old times in San Rafael and her life in music. Shari is a musician, recording artist, multi-instrumentalist, and singer-songwriter. In 2014 Shari was awarded the Canadian Folk Music Award for English Songwriter of the Year. Her newest release and 9th solo album, Back To Shore, was produced by daughter and shining prize, Julia Graff. Her music is amazing, check it out at the links below!
Shari’s links:
Website: https://www.shariulrich.com
Buy music: https://www.shariulrich.com/music/back-to-shore
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/shariulrich
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shari_here/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShariUlrichMusic
Twitter: https://twitter.com/shariulrich
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6jkynKLYD5oRF63ii7qUn0
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/shari-ulrich/id30681679
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/shari-ulrich
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
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- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Cynthia Graubart and Denise talk about how showing up prepared and doing a great job opens up a world of opportunities. Cynthia is an award-winning cookbook author, cooking teacher, and culinary television producer. She’s a James Beard Award Winner and an MFK Fischer Award Winner. Cynthia and Virginia Willis are co-founders of Culinary Media Training. They provide culinary professionals with the skills and confidence needed to work effectively in today’s digital environment.
CYNTHIA’S LINKS
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cynthiagraubart/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynthiagraubartauthor
- Website: http://www.cynthiagraubart.com/home
- Email: cynthia@cynthiagraubart.com
- Books: https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=Cynthia+Graubart
- Culinary media training: https://www.culinarymediatraining.com/what-we-do
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Chef Deborah VanTrece is with us this week to talk about her new cookbook, The Twisted Soul Cookbook: Modern Soul Food with Global Flavors. Deborah is an award-winning restaurant chef and owner who is heavily influenced by her travels as a flight attendant in her first career. Read and watch more about her at the links below.
DEBORAH’S LINKS
- Buy The Twisted Soul Cookbook: https://twisted-soul-cookhouse-and-pours.myshopify.com/products/the-twisted-soul-cookbook
- Restaurant website: https://www.twistedsoulcookhouseandpours.com/team
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chefdeborahvantrece/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deborah.vantrece
- Food & Wine article: https://www.foodandwine.com/chefs/deborah-vantrece-twisted-soul-interview
- Bon Appetit article: https://www.bonappetit.com/story/being-a-black-chef-deborah-vantrece
- Today Show: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2879631422285279
- Rachel Ray Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrMAWLN7xTg
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Money coach Mikelann Valterra is with us this week to talk about overcoming financial anxiety and money fog. Among the many things she covers are learning how to discern your needs from your wants to bring you deeper satisfaction (and saving resources while lowering your financial stress), and considering the (little known) brain benefits of tracking your money and why this calms the brain and relieves anxiety.
Mikelann is an author, keynote speaker and money coach who helps women transform their relationship with money to create a life they love. For over 20 years, she has been a thought leader in the field of Financial Psychology. Her strong background in emotional intelligence, paired with her practical money strategies enable her clients to consciously design their life, while escaping financial stress and anxiety.
Mikelann’s links:
Website and free ebook: www.seattlemoneycoach.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikelann
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SeattleMoneyCoach
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seattlemoneycoach/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MikelannSeattleMoneyCoach
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikelannvalterra/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/seattlemoneycoach/
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Jaden Rae is with us today to discuss microdosing, mushrooms, and growing your roots deep. Jaden is the publisher of Steamy Kitchen, one of the earliest and most successful food blogs, with over half a million unique users per month. She’s authored The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook, Steamy Kitchen’s Healthy Asian Favorites, and her newest, Microdosing Guide and Journal. Jaden askes listeners what sparks our curiosity, what ignites the fire in our hearts and souls, and what sustains that fire? We learn what sparks, ignites and fuels her fire in this lively episode!
Jaden’s links:
Psychedelic and microdosing journey
Website: www.jadenrae.com
Instagram: @heyjadenrae
Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B3VZ1FBG/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_BEQV4WSFNR1M6FGDBAKP
Steamy Kitchen--all things food & fun giveaways
Instagram: @steamykitchen
Fresh Karma--cannabis & consulting
www.freshkarmacompany.com (coming soon!)
www.gottrichomes.com (coming soon!)
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
We’re catching up with fitness and media coach Lori Corbin to see what she’s up to these days. We last talked with her in February 2021 when she launched The Malibu Studio, where she and her team create videos for tv, websites, podcasts, e-learning courses, speaker reels and apps. They offer media training, set design, and video production (see more at the link below). So much has happened since then, it seems like ages ago! Lori has been using her decades in fitness and media to start a shiny new YouTube channel full of exercises and tips to get you moving! Subscribe for updates (link below)!
Lori’s links:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyUKKCfp7cVdjpOoMiKSLBA/videos
Website: https://themalibustudio.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/loricorbintv
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loricorbintv/
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Aliza Green is back with us this week to continue talking about her career in the world of food. Get Aliza’s Salmone in Saor allla Veneziana recipe below!
Aliza’s links:
Website: https://alizagreen.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aliza.green
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alizagreen/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chefalizagreen/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/chefalizagreen
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRERAR_3YZedWqmEJ1Jk0GA
Books: https://www.amazon.com/Aliza-Green/e/B001HCUB4U/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1
Salmone in Saor alla Veneziana
Venetian-Style Salmon in Sweet and Sour Sauce
Makes 8 appetizer servings
2½ lbs wild salmon fillet, cut crosswise into ½-inch thick slices
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
½ cup potato starch or cornstarch (for dusting)
½ cup extra virgin olive oil, divided
1 red onion, thinly sliced
¼ cup cider vinegar
2 Tbsp raw sugar
¼ cup Zante currants, soaked in warm water to cover until soft, about 15 minutes
2 tsp finely chopped rosemary
½ cup pine nuts, lightly toasted in a 275ºF oven for 8 minutes
2 Tbsp chopped parsley
- Sprinkle salmon on both sides with salt and pepper. Heat about half the olive oil in a large, heavy skillet. Meanwhile, dust salmon on both sides with starch; shake off any excess.
- Add salmon to pan without crowding, working in batches if necessary. Cook over medium heat 2-3 minutes or until lightly browned at the edges. Using a spatula, carefully flip salmon over and cook 1 minute or until barely firm. Remove from pan and arrange on a serving platter.
- Add remaining olive oil and onions to pan and sauté until crisp-tender. Drain currants and add to pan along with vinegar, sugar, and rosemary. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cook 2-3 minutes or until liquid becomes syrupy. At the last minute, add pine nuts, tossing to combine. Pour mixture evenly over salmon. Sprinkle with parsley.
- Cover and refrigerate overnight or up to 2 days, allowing fish to come up to room temperature before serving.
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Aliza Green is with us this week to long and varied career in the food world. Aliza has been a pioneering chef, a culinary tour leader, and the author of fifteen cookbooks including Making Artisan Pasta, which made the Cooking Light’s Top 100 Cookbooks of the Last 25 Years list. Her career took off in the 1980s as Executive Chef at Ristorante DiLullo, where she earned a prestigious four-star rating. She was later inducted into the Philadelphia Culinary of Fame, which sited her as one of the ten most influential people in the city’s food industry. Her dream is to keep cooking, traveling, and learning while sharing her knowledge and enthusiasm with others. Get Aliza’s Moroccan Chicken Tagine recipe below!
Aliza’s links:
Website: https://alizagreen.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aliza.green
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alizagreen/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chefalizagreen/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/chefalizagreen
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRERAR_3YZedWqmEJ1Jk0GA
Books: https://www.amazon.com/Aliza-Green/e/B001HCUB4U/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1
Moroccan Chicken Tajine with Artichokes, Preserved Lemons & Green Olives
Makes 6 servings
3 lbs bone-in chicken thighs, skin removed
Fine sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
6 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 medium red onion, diced
3 large cloves garlic, thinly sliced
1 (2-inch) piece fresh ginger, peeled and chopped
3 Tbsp Moroccan Tajine Spices (recipe follows)
1 cup chicken stock
1 cup chopped tomatoes
2 preserved lemons (recipe follows, or use purchased)
¼ cup pitted large green olives, cut in half
2 Tbsp chopped cilantro or parsley
- Season chicken lightly with salt and pepper.
- Heat half the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat, brown chicken on both sides. Remove from skillet and reserve
- Add remaining olive oil to skillet along with onion, garlic, ginger, and Tajine spices and cook over medium heat until onions are soft, about 5 minutes
- Pour in chicken stock and tomatoes, bring to a boil. Arrange chicken thighs on top and cook over medium heat until chicken is cooked through, and sauce has thickened, about 20 minutes. Add preserved lemons and olives, cook 2-3 minutes more. Serve chicken with sauce over top. Garnish with cilantro.
- Accompany with steamed couscous, rice, or mashed or roasted potatoes.
Moroccan Tajine Spices:
Makes ¾ cup
¼ cup Moroccan sweet paprika
2 Tbsp ground ginger
2 Tbsp ground turmeric
2 Tbsp ground cumin
2 Tbsp ground true cinnamon
- Combine all and store tightly covered in a dark place for up to 6 months.
Preserved Lemons
Makes 12 lemons
12 large lemons
3 cups kosher salt
- Rinse lemons in hot water. Quarter lemons from the top to within ½-inch of the bottom; pull quarters apart but don’t separate. Generously pack inside of lemons with salt, push quarters back in place. Place a layer of kosher salt on bottom of a sterilized glass jar. Add a lemon, pressing down so lemon releases its juice. Add remaining lemons with salt in between layers.
- Allow lemons to cure at room temperature for 30 days, turning jar upside down every few days to redistribute salt and juice. As lemons soften, syrupy juices will form, which should cover the lemons. Keep packing lemons down, adding salt as they ripen so they are always covered with salt and/or juices.
- Refrigerate after 30 days. Lemons will continue to ripen, soften, and darken as the sit in the fridge but will still be perfectly good to use for up to 6 months.
- To use, rinse lemons as needed under cold water. Remove and discard inner pulp, which will be quite salty. Scrape off inner white pith and discard. Slice, chop or dice the yellow of the lemon to use in recipes.
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Nancie McDermott is back with us this week to continue our talk about facing uncomfortable truths, how white ignorance serves evil, and how we need to shut up, listen and learn! Start by watching “Reconstruction: America After the Civil War” on your local PBS station. https://www.pbs.org/show/reconstruction-america-after-civil-war/
Excerpted from Nancie’s Anti-Racism Facebook page:
“I'm Nancie McDermott, a white woman born and raised in North Carolina. I started this group as a place to look at how powerfully and stealthily racism and anti-Blackness are woven into our systems and institutions…We can move toward creating a place of justice and safety; of compassion and respect, of equity with opportunity for everyone. Knowing the truth can strengthen us to speak up, take action, examine our perspectives, and change things that seemed immovable. Silence means consent, so let's be loud and clear about where we are now, how we got here, where we want to go, and who we want to be: A nation of liberty and justice for all.”
Nancie’s links:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NancieMcDermott
Nancie’s Anti-Racism Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/435086244410173
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMeXbPSB2545WygzQxUOcTQ/featured
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nanciemacpix/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/nanciestable/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nanciestable
Nancie’s Resources:
READ:
Cookbooks and food books (in order of publication):
BRAND NEW BOOK on Juneteenth!
Watermelon and Red Birds: A Cookbook for Juneteenth and Black Celebrations, by Nicole Taylor
https://www.amazon.com/Watermelon-Red-Birds-Juneteenth-Celebrations/dp/1982176210
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Watermelon-and-Red-Birds/Nicole-A-Taylor/9781982176211
Cheryl Day’s Treasury of Southern Baking, by Cheryl Day
https://www.amazon.com/Cheryl-Days-Treasury-Southern-Baking/dp/1579658415/ref=sr_1_1?crid=35TSRNNF4ZWZW&keywords=treasury+of+southern+baking&qid=1654185620&s=books&sprefix=treasury+of+southern+baking%2Cstripbooks%2C57&sr=1-1
Life Is What You Bake It: Recipes, Stories, and Inspiration for Baking Your Way to the Top, by Vallery Lomas
https://www.amazon.com/Life-What-You-Bake-Inspiration-ebook/dp/B08PY8ZTVB
Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking, by Toni Tipton-Martin
https://www.amazon.com/Jubilee-Recipes-Centuries-African-American-Cookbook/dp/1524761737/ref=pd_lpo_3?pd_rd_i=1524761737&psc=1
High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America, by Dr. Jessica B. Harris
https://www.amazon.com/High-Hog-Culinary-Journey-America/dp/1608194507/ref=asc_df_1608194507/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312068104930&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=613964457390760630&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1021225&hvtargid=pla-512300006634&psc=1
WATCH:
Available on streaming services
High on the Hog
Netflix Series
When They See Us
Directed by Ava Duvernay
Selma
Directed by Ava Duvernay
Amazon
Just Mercy
Story of Attorney Bryan Stevenson, founder and director of Equal Justice Initiative (see below)
Amazon Prime
Black Panther
Marvel hero T’Challa played by the late Chadwick Bozeman
“I Am Not Your Negro”
Documentary on James Baldwin
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
PBS Documentary Series by Dr. Henry Louis Gates
MORE RESOURCES:
The Equal Justice Initiative
https://eji.org/
https://eji.org/about/
Visit EJI’s two locations in Montgomery AL:
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice
The Legacy Museum
Sign up for Daily emails from EJI
https://calendar.eji.org/sign-up
The 1619 Project: A New American Origin Story, by Nikole Hannah-Jones
https://www.amazon.com/1619-Project-Born-Water/dp/0593307356/ref=pd_bxgy_img_sccl_1/130-0109168-1434738?pd_rd_w=Vnpek&content-id=amzn1.sym.6b3eefea-7b16-43e9-bc45-2e332cbf99da&pf_rd_p=6b3eefea-7b16-43e9-bc45-2e332cbf99da&pf_rd_r=PNRP5942HGGKK4SDR2Z4&pd_rd_wg=crjZq&pd_rd_r=3b079be2-80eb-4c81-980e-8dd9e7d95863&pd_rd_i=0593307356&psc=1
Born on the Water (The 1619 Project), picture book by Nikole Hannah-Jones
https://www.amazon.com/1619-Project-Born-Water/dp/0593307356/ref=pd_bxgy_img_sccl_1/130-0109168-1434738?pd_rd_w=Vnpek&content-id=amzn1.sym.6b3eefea-7b16-43e9-bc45-2e332cbf99da&pf_rd_p=6b3eefea-7b16-43e9-bc45-2e332cbf99da&pf_rd_r=PNRP5942HGGKK4SDR2Z4&pd_rd_wg=crjZq&pd_rd_r=3b079be2-80eb-4c81-980e-8dd9e7d95863&pd_rd_i=0593307356&psc=1
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
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- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
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https://womenbeyond.podbean.com/e/culture-and-cakes-with-nancie-mcdermott/
The wonderful Nancie McDermott is with us this week. We talk cakes and anti-racism.
Excerpted from Nancie’s Anti-Racism Facebook page:
“I'm Nancie McDermott, a white woman born and raised in North Carolina. I started this group as a place to look at how powerfully and stealthily racism and anti-Blackness are woven into our systems and institutions…We can move toward creating a place of justice and safety; of compassion and respect, of equity with opportunity for everyone. Knowing the truth can strengthen us to speak up, take action, examine our perspectives, and change things that seemed immovable. Silence means consent, so let's be loud and clear about where we are now, how we got here, where we want to go, and who we want to be: A nation of liberty and justice for all.”
Nancie’s links:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NancieMcDermott
Nancie’s Anti-Racism Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/435086244410173
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMeXbPSB2545WygzQxUOcTQ/featured
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nanciemacpix/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/nanciestable/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nanciestable
Nancie’s Resources:
READ:
Cookbooks and food books (in order of publication):
BRAND NEW BOOK on Juneteenth!
Watermelon and Red Birds: A Cookbook for Juneteenth and Black Celebrations, by Nicole Taylor
https://www.amazon.com/Watermelon-Red-Birds-Juneteenth-Celebrations/dp/1982176210
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Watermelon-and-Red-Birds/Nicole-A-Taylor/9781982176211
Cheryl Day’s Treasury of Southern Baking, by Cheryl Day
https://www.amazon.com/Cheryl-Days-Treasury-Southern-Baking/dp/1579658415/ref=sr_1_1?crid=35TSRNNF4ZWZW&keywords=treasury+of+southern+baking&qid=1654185620&s=books&sprefix=treasury+of+southern+baking%2Cstripbooks%2C57&sr=1-1
Life Is What You Bake It: Recipes, Stories, and Inspiration for Baking Your Way to the Top, by Vallery Lomas
https://www.amazon.com/Life-What-You-Bake-Inspiration-ebook/dp/B08PY8ZTVB
Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking, by Toni Tipton-Martin
https://www.amazon.com/Jubilee-Recipes-Centuries-African-American-Cookbook/dp/1524761737/ref=pd_lpo_3?pd_rd_i=1524761737&psc=1
High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America, by Dr. Jessica B. Harris
https://www.amazon.com/High-Hog-Culinary-Journey-America/dp/1608194507/ref=asc_df_1608194507/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312068104930&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=613964457390760630&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1021225&hvtargid=pla-512300006634&psc=1
WATCH:
Available on streaming services
High on the Hog
Netflix Series
When They See Us
Directed by Ava Duvernay
Selma
Directed by Ava Duvernay
Amazon
Just Mercy
Story of Attorney Bryan Stevenson, founder and director of Equal Justice Initiative (see below)
Amazon Prime
Black Panther
Marvel hero T’Challa played by the late Chadwick Bozeman
“I Am Not Your Negro”
Documentary on James Baldwin
Reconstruction: America After the Civil War
PBS Documentary Series by Dr. Henry Louis Gates
MORE RESOURCES:
The Equal Justice Initiative
https://eji.org/
https://eji.org/about/
Visit EJI’s two locations in Montgomery AL:
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice
The Legacy Museum
Sign up for Daily emails from EJI
https://calendar.eji.org/sign-up
The 1619 Project: A New American Origin Story, by Nikole Hannah-Jones
https://www.amazon.com/1619-Project-Born-Water/dp/0593307356/ref=pd_bxgy_img_sccl_1/130-0109168-1434738?pd_rd_w=Vnpek&content-id=amzn1.sym.6b3eefea-7b16-43e9-bc45-2e332cbf99da&pf_rd_p=6b3eefea-7b16-43e9-bc45-2e332cbf99da&pf_rd_r=PNRP5942HGGKK4SDR2Z4&pd_rd_wg=crjZq&pd_rd_r=3b079be2-80eb-4c81-980e-8dd9e7d95863&pd_rd_i=0593307356&psc=1
Born on the Water (The 1619 Project), picture book by Nikole Hannah-Jones
https://www.amazon.com/1619-Project-Born-Water/dp/0593307356/ref=pd_bxgy_img_sccl_1/130-0109168-1434738?pd_rd_w=Vnpek&content-id=amzn1.sym.6b3eefea-7b16-43e9-bc45-2e332cbf99da&pf_rd_p=6b3eefea-7b16-43e9-bc45-2e332cbf99da&pf_rd_r=PNRP5942HGGKK4SDR2Z4&pd_rd_wg=crjZq&pd_rd_r=3b079be2-80eb-4c81-980e-8dd9e7d95863&pd_rd_i=0593307356&psc=1
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
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- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
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Our guest this week is Debra Freeman. Debra has written for outlets such as Plate Magazine, Epicurious, Garden and Gun, Pit Magazine, Gravy, Southern Grit Magazine, and Gastro Obscura, has had her work featured in Huffington Post and The New York Times, and has done cultural commentary for BBC Radio and other international outlets. Freeman writes about the intersection of race, culture, and food. Read Why Yellow Cake is so Important to Black Celebrations, along with some other pieces by Debra (links below)!
DEBRA’S LINKS:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/audiophilegirl/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/audiophilegirl
Why Yellow Cake is so Important to Black Celebrations: https://food52.com/blog/26915-boxed-yellow-cake-mix-black-celebrations
A Fruitful Journey: https://www.southernfoodways.org/a-fruitful-journey/
Here’s Looking at ‘Cue: https://www.southernfoodways.org/heres-looking-at-cue/
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
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- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Steps Toward Contentment
- Wake up early and take the time to be grateful for the tiniest things. If you’re tired, go to bed early. If you can’t, try taking a nap. I was never able to nap until I turned 60. Now every other day I take a 45-minute nap. I am refreshed.
- Only watch the news in the morning. Hit the high points and get out. If you feel powerless, write a letter to your congressman. Complain to the people in charge. Donate 10 bucks to The World Kitchen. Go through your drawers and donate stuff you never wear. You have power, use it.
- Have you tried meditation? Or just take 10 minutes to say a prayer for yourself. I read a little prayer every morning with my cup of coffee. Or write down your own word for the day. Lots of days I read from an old Daily Word from the original Betty Ford Clinic. “I can have the day I want.”
- Engage in any type of exercise. Whatever it is: walking, swimming, riding a bike, window shopping. Every step counts.
- Put a step counter on your phone or use the one on your smart watch. It will make you accountable. I have double my steps by doing this. I walk to manage my anxiety, which, if left alone, eventually turns into depression. Exercise helps me focus my thoughts.
- I worked with Richard Simmons about 100 years ago. He’d say, “Denisey, move more, eat less.” How simple is that? Eating is about needs, habits, obsessions, filling the void, social contacts. It’s huge. If you eat too much and you want to change, write down what you eat every day. A food diary is the only way to know what you really consume. Start with accurate amounts and then tackle calories.
- Lisa suggested going sober for the summer…Let’s not be silly…I can agree to one glass of wine instead of two.
- Cull your friends list on social media. Negativity is bye-bye. Do you have friends on FB or Instagram that always complain about the same thing? Why aren’t they learning? Worse yet, why are you listening? Would it be helpful if you pointed it out to them? If you do and they are upset, let them block you! Real friends change your life for the good and are there for the bad.
- Visualize where you want to be. I am learning to visualize my retirement. It has taken me two years. I loved my work, but I am finally able to say I love not going to work!
- And, lastly, if you have mixed feelings about life, or can’t find a happy or contented peace, try talking to a friend that listens, a pastor or a therapist (find one on a sliding scale that can help you). Yes, life is hard and tedious. But it’s also wonderful and exhilarating.
Lisa Stollman's newsletter always gives me food for thought. I got the idea for this episode from her. You can sign up to receive her newsletter for free here: https://lisastollmanrd.com/newsletter
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Stephanie Hersh is back with us to continue her chat with Denise! She tells us her favorite Julia Child saying, “It’s nice to be important but it’s more important to be nice.”
While interested in food from an early age, Hersh recalls that pursuing a career in food was not always viewed with esteem, respect, and a degree of celebrity, but rather as invisible, manual labor. Regardless, after receiving her undergraduate degree, Hersh studied at the Culinary Institute of America, and happily began working in Boston-area hotel kitchens and as a private chef. While taking a course to augment her administrative skills, Hersh got word that Julia Child was looking for an assistant. “I never in a million years would have pictured myself with Julia,” she says. “It was a dream job.”
She currently lives in Christchurch, teaching adult education cooking courses and a twelve-week food technology course to New Zealand school children, 11 to 13 years of age. This food technology course is required across the country and serves as a pre-cursor to home economics courses, which are taken in high school. She teaches students how to use kitchen equipment, the basics of food processing, and creative, critical thinking skills.
Hersh advises all students, “Go with passion, absolute passion in the study of food. If you’re not, there’s no point in doing it. When you are happy, it becomes infectious.” She quips that while she has no idea what her future holds, “Whatever I’ll be doing, I’ll be happily doing it—and I’m proud and delighted that the Gastronomy program is carrying on so well.”
[The above is excerpted from “Celebrating Julia Child’s Centenary with her Assistant and BU alumna, Stephanie Hersh” by Emily Contois.]
Stephanie’s links:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-hersh-46884511/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephanie.hersh.543
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
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- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
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- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
This week we have the indescribably delicious Stephanie Hersh as our guest! Denise and Stephanie go way back. These days she is the onboard chef instructor on Oceania Cruises. You can watch her videos on Oceania’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/oceaniacruises/videos/1178549419210379/
While interested in food from an early age, Hersh recalls that pursuing a career in food was not always viewed with esteem, respect, and a degree of celebrity, but rather as invisible, manual labor. Regardless, after receiving her undergraduate degree, Hersh studied at the Culinary Institute of America, and happily began working in Boston-area hotel kitchens and as a private chef. While taking a course to augment her administrative skills, Hersh got word that Julia Child was looking for an assistant. “I never in a million years would have pictured myself with Julia,” she says. “It was a dream job.”
She currently lives in Christchurch, teaching adult education cooking courses and a twelve-week food technology course to New Zealand school children, 11 to 13 years of age. This food technology course is required across the country and serves as a pre-cursor to home economics courses, which are taken in high school. She teaches students how to use kitchen equipment, the basics of food processing, and creative, critical thinking skills.
Hersh advises all students, “Go with passion, absolute passion in the study of food. If you’re not, there’s no point in doing it. When you are happy, it becomes infectious.” She quips that while she has no idea what her future holds, “Whatever I’ll be doing, I’ll be happily doing it—and I’m proud and delighted that the Gastronomy program is carrying on so well.”
[The above is excerpted from “Celebrating Julia Child’s Centenary with her Assistant and BU alumna, Stephanie Hersh” by Emily Contois.]
Stephanie’s links:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-hersh-46884511/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephanie.hersh.543
Buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/Generals-Cook-Novel-Ramin-Ganeshram/dp/1950691977/ref=sr_1_1
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
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- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Ramin Ganeshram is back with us to talk about her passion for food history as a doorway into the bigger issue of American history and culture and how it effects current events. We also discuss doing what you f-ing got to do, and the problem with pigeon-holing your expertise. We even quote Shakespeare!
Ramim Ganeshram wrote the brilliant book, The General’s Cook. She dedicated 7 years to researching and writing this intriguing and suspenseful novel and continues to pursue leads into the elusive life of America’s first celebrity chef, Hercules Posey. The time: 1793. The place: Philadelphia. Hercules, President George Washington’s chef, is a fixture on the Philadelphia scene. He is famous for both his culinary prowess and for ruling his kitchen like a commanding general. He has his run of the city and earns twice the salary of an average American workingman. He wears beautiful clothes and attends the theater. But while valued by the Washingtons for his prowess in the kitchen and rewarded far over and above even white servants, Hercules is enslaved in a city where most black Americans are free. Even while he masterfully manages his kitchen and the lives of those in and around it, Hercules harbors secrets-- including the fact that he is learning to read and that he is involved in a dangerous affair with Thelma, a mixed-race woman, who, passing as white, works as a companion to the daughter of one of Philadelphia's most prestigious families. Eventually Hercules’ carefully crafted intrigues fall apart, and he finds himself trapped by his circumstance and the will of George Washington. Based on actual historical events and people, The General's Cook, will thrill fans of The Hamilton Affair, as they follow Hercules' precarious and terrifying bid for freedom.
Ramin is a veteran journalist with a master’s degree from Columbia University. She worked for eight years as a stringer for the New York Times, and another eight years for New York Newsday as a feature writer and food columnist. She has been honored seven times with the Society of Professional Journalist Award. Ramin is also a professionally trained chef who specializes in writing about multicultural communities from the perspective of food, history, and culture. She is the executive director of the Westport Historical Society in Connecticut and the recipient of a 2018 New England Museum Association Excellence in the field for her critically acclaimed Westport exhibit, Remembered: The History of African Americans in Westport, which also won the national American Association for State and Local History Award in 2019.
Ramin’s links:
Website: TheGeneralsCook.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nibblescribblenyc/
Buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/Generals-Cook-Novel-Ramin-Ganeshram/dp/1950691977/ref=sr_1_1
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
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- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Ann Gentry is back! This week we’re talking about life after restaurants, slowing down and just being you, and appreciating the quiet inside yourself.
Twenty-five years ago, Ann opened the first organic vegan restaurant on the West Coast. Real Food Daily grew into five locations and setting the bar very high for all the restaurants that followed in her footsteps. She now guides women in eating for optimal brain health and aging. Ann wants women to have a positive and lively transition from their midlife years to their third act by awakening their physical and cognitive strength and wisdom. She also works in early-stage development of health products and consults for health-minded food and restaurants concepts.
Ann’s links:
Website: https://anngentry.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agelikeagoddess/
Buy Vegan Family Meals: https://anngentry.com/product/vegan-family-meals-real-food-for-everyone/
Buy the Real Food Daily Cookbook: https://anngentry.com/checkout/
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
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- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
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- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Ann Gentry is with us this week! Twenty-five years ago, Ann opened the first organic vegan restaurant on the West Coast. Real Food Daily grew into five locations and set the bar very high for all the restaurants that followed in her footsteps.
She now guides women in eating for optimal brain health and aging. Ann wants women to have a positive and lively transition from their midlife years to their third act by awakening their physical and cognitive strength and wisdom. She also works in early-stage development of health products and consults for health-minded food and restaurants concepts.
Ann’s links:
Website: https://anngentry.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agelikeagoddess/
Buy Vegan Family Meals: https://anngentry.com/product/vegan-family-meals-real-food-for-everyone/
Buy the Real Food Daily Cookbook: https://anngentry.com/checkout/
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
- Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WomenBeyond/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Lisa Stollman is back with us to talk about inflammation. The pesky condition that can affect your health, life, and happiness in so many ways. Visit her website to download her booklet free!
Lisa is a nutrition expert specializing in diabetes, sustainable weight management and food sensitivities. Lisa is the CEO of Lisa Stollman Nutrition and NutritionWellth. In 2015 Lisa Stollman, MA, RDN, CDCES, CDN, CLT was honored as the Outstanding Dietitian of The Year by The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Lisa's passion is helping people live healthier and more fulfilling lives. She obtained both her B.S. in Foods and Nutrition and her M.A. in Clinical Nutrition from New York University.
Lisa’s links:
Website: https://lisastollmanrd.com
Newsletter: https://lisastollmanrd.com/newsletter
Email: lisa@lisastollmanrd.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/4WeekNutritionReset/
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
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- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Ramin Ganeshram is with us this week to talk about her brilliant book, The General’s Cook.
She dedicated 7 years to researching and writing this intriguing and suspenseful novel and continues to pursue leads into the elusive life of America’s first celebrity chef, Hercules Posey. The time: 1793. The place: Philadelphia. Hercules, President George Washington’s chef, is a fixture on the Philadelphia scene. He is famous for both his culinary prowess and for ruling his kitchen like a commanding general. He has his run of the city and earns twice the salary of an average American workingman. He wears beautiful clothes and attends the theater. But while valued by the Washingtons for his prowess in the kitchen and rewarded far over and above even white servants, Hercules is enslaved in a city where most black Americans are free. Even while he masterfully manages his kitchen and the lives of those in and around it, Hercules harbors secrets-- including the fact that he is learning to read and that he is involved in a dangerous affair with Thelma, a mixed-race woman, who, passing as white, works as a companion to the daughter of one of Philadelphia's most prestigious families. Eventually Hercules’ carefully crafted intrigues fall apart, and he finds himself trapped by his circumstance and the will of George Washington. Based on actual historical events and people, The General's Cook, will thrill fans of The Hamilton Affair, as they follow Hercules' precarious and terrifying bid for freedom.
Ramin is a veteran journalist with a master’s degree from Columbia University. She worked for eight years as a stringer for the New York Times, and another eight years for New York Newsday as a feature writer and food columnist. She has been honored seven times with the Society of Professional Journalist Award. Ramin is also a professionally trained chef who specializes in writing about multicultural communities from the perspective of food, history, and culture. She is the executive director of the Westport Historical Society in Connecticut and the recipient of a 2018 New England Museum Association Excellence in the field for her critically acclaimed Westport exhibit, Remembered: The History of African Americans in Westport, which also won the national American Association for State and Local History Award in 2019.
Ramin’s links:
Website: TheGeneralsCook.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nibblescribblenyc/
Buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/Generals-Cook-Novel-Ramin-Ganeshram/dp/1950691977/ref=sr_1_1
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
- Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WomenBeyond/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Laura Pauli this back with us this week to talk about wine, her home-based cooking school, and volunteering with World Central Kitchen. She gives us her tips on entertaining with wine!
- A meal without wine is a meeting.
- Fancy isn’t necessary; it’s about bringing people together.
- Champagne and sparkling wine go with everything! There are great ones for around $20.
- Always have a simple dessert in your freezer…fruit crumbles are perfect.
- Pine Ridge makes a chenin blanc blend that’s amazing for $16.
- If you have wine questions, Wine.com has a great chat box!
Laura is a classically trained French Chef, Certified Sommelier and author. She has been featured in Forbes, Bloomberg, Oprah Daily, KQED, MyRecipes, NewsBreak and more, with experience cooking in every kitchen imaginable, including a 3-Michelin-star Paris restaurant, a lobster boat, the DaVinci Code chateau, many PBS cooking shows, an Italian trattoria, Paris pastry “laboratoire”, America's Cup Yacht America, and Conde Nast's #1-rated health spa in the world Rancho la Puerta, to name a few ... Laura also launched an online wine store, led collector wine tastings and rare wine dinners and wrote a book about her first few months cooking in France that was a finalist for the 2007 National Indie Excellence Book Awards.
Laura’s links:
Website: https://www.cucinatestarossa.com
Pine Ridge: https://www.pineridgevineyards.com/wine/chenin-blanc-viognier/
Wine.com: https://www.wine.com
Instagram: http://instagram.com/cucinatestarossa
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CucinaTestaRossa/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTnyGwT3WgdtvPFrQBfrO-Q
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheflaurapauli/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurapauli
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
- Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WomenBeyond/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Michele Jones is back! This time we talk about how she believes the best restaurants are so much more than places that just sell food; they are community meeting places. We discuss the importance of making everyone who walks through the door feel like a regular, being kind, giving back by aligning your business with charities that share your values (generating valuable earned PR), Keanu Reeves, Drew Barrymore, and Molly Ringwald.
Michele is all about great people, great food, and great community. As former co-owner of Comfort, Pasture, and Bingo she learned a lot about the restaurant business and about the wonderful people in the small business community. Michele is a community mover and shaker who loves to give back and delight others. Michele is a doer who loves the people who surround her. Now with Alley/Jones Hospitality she and her partner, Jason Alley, are helping others make their restaurant and retail dreams a reality. When not working or volunteering with children’s charities or Habitat for Humanity she’s traveling to Dollywood with her best friend and her best friend’s son, hanging out with the best little dog in the world or checking out the many fun places in her hometown of Richmond, Virginia. Michele has a knack for making everyone feel special, welcomed and that they have a place in the world. She was once Diane Sawyer’s person of the week – though she’ll wholeheartedly avoid talking about the press she’s received for doing good things in Richmond and beyond. She loves to travel and find small treasures to surprise others and make them feel happy. All these are probably the reasons why she loves that quote attributed to Vince Lombardi: “The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.”Find out more about Michele on her website: https://alleyjones.com
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
- Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WomenBeyond/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
This week we talk to Lisa Stollman about simple, healthy choices for maintaining a healthy weight and a healthy life. Her hacks for a healthy weight are:
- Learn new and sustainable habits.
- Get on a scale every day or so.
- Eat more fiber.
- Eats lots of non-starchy veggies, fruit, whole grains, beans and nuts.
Lisa is a nutrition expert specializing in diabetes, sustainable weight management and food sensitivities. Lisa is the CEO of Lisa Stollman Nutrition and NutritionWellth. In 2015 Lisa Stollman, MA, RDN, CDCES, CDN, CLT was honored as the Outstanding Dietitian of The Year by The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Lisa's passion is helping people live healthier and more fulfilling lives. She obtained both her B.S. in Foods and Nutrition and her M.A. in Clinical Nutrition from New York University.
Lisa’s links:
Website: https://lisastollmanrd.com
Newsletter: https://lisastollmanrd.com/newsletter
Email: lisa@lisastollmanrd.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/4WeekNutritionReset/
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
- Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WomenBeyond/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
We chat with Laura Pauli this week about how she went from cubical to kitchen. Laura is a classically trained French Chef, Certified Sommelier and author. She has been featured in Forbes, Bloomberg, Oprah Daily, KQED, MyRecipes, NewsBreak and more, with experience cooking in every kitchen imaginable, including a 3-Michelin-star Paris restaurant, a lobster boat, the DaVinci Code chateau, many PBS cooking shows, an Italian trattoria, Paris pastry “laboratoire”, America's Cup Yacht America, and Conde Nast's #1-rated health spa in the world Rancho la Puerta, to name a few ... Laura also launched an online wine store, led collector wine tastings and rare wine dinners and wrote a book about her first few months cooking in France that was a finalist for the 2007 National Indie Excellence Book Awards.
Laura’s links:
Website: https://www.cucinatestarossa.com
Instagram: http://instagram.com/cucinatestarossa
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CucinaTestaRossa/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTnyGwT3WgdtvPFrQBfrO-Q
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheflaurapauli/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurapauli
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
- Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WomenBeyond/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Carrie Farmer is an Intuition Encouragement Coach assisting sensitive heroes on their journey to recognize every challenge faced as an invitation to allow the beauty of delicacy and grace from the heart to answer the world’s pain and suffering.
Understanding the S/HERO (pronounced “SHE-row”) journey is her passion. It is the path of empathic and compassionate heart-centered souls; sensitive souls/spirits who often feel lost in the world of egos, but they are another type of misunderstood Hero. Historically it is SHeroes who transform experiences of pain and suffering into unity and conscious awareness; assuring humanity that LOVE is the answer to finding our ties that bind, and leading us to a sense of peace, harmony, security, and true courage empowering strengths
To learn more about the S/HERO Self Confidence Connections group, visit: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sheroselfconfidenceconnections
Website: https://CarrieFarmerConnections.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cfconnections/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarrieFarmerConnections
Happiness and Balance Self-Assessment Quiz: https://carriefarmerconnections.com/TheHoldBack
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
- Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WomenBeyond/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Michele Jones is with us this week to talk about how she got into the hospitality industry, how she developed great work ethic early on, and how she thrives managing chaos.
Michele is all about great people, great food, and great community. As former co-owner of Comfort, Pasture, and Bingo she learned a lot about the restaurant business and about the wonderful people in the small business community. Michele is a community mover and shaker who loves to give back and delight others. Michele is a doer who loves the people who surround her. Now with Alley/Jones Hospitality she and her partner, Jason Alley, are helping others make their restaurant and retail dreams a reality. When not working or volunteering with children’s charities or Habitat for Humanity she’s traveling to Dollywood with her best friend and her best friend’s son, hanging out with the best little dog in the world or checking out the many fun places in her hometown of Richmond, Virginia. Michele has a knack for making everyone feel special, welcomed and that they have a place in the world. She was once Diane Sawyer’s person of the week – though she’ll wholeheartedly avoid talking about the press she’s received for doing good things in Richmond and beyond. She loves to travel and find small treasures to surprise others and make them feel happy. All these are probably the reasons why she loves that quote attributed to Vince Lombardi: “The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.”Find out more about Michele on her website: https://alleyjones.com
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
- Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WomenBeyond/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
We're taking the week off! Local personality and voiceover mega-talent John Matthew steps in to play Cindie's distant acquaintance. Hear more of John's work at https://johnmatthew.com
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
- Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WomenBeyond/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
This week we’re talking gut stuff with Pat Greenberg! Pat’s provided us with some thought-provoking notes (included below after the links).
PAT’S LINKS:
Listen to Pat’s show: https://www.kabc.com/eat-well-live-well-age-well/
Email Pat a question: thefitnessgourmet@mac.com
Website: https://www.thefitnessgourmet.com
Buy Pat’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Patricia-Greenberg/e/B001IR1E2W?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1579117414&sr=8-1
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefitnessgourmet
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fitnessgourmet
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patgreenbergthefitnessgourmet/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefitnessgourmet/?hl=en
In my day-to-day work as a nutrition and fitness professional, I am constantly monitoring the bombardment of food and nutrition media hype that seems to come at us every day. (If any of these fads really worked, we would all be in perfect shape.) What is emerging as a focus of nutrition research is the study of food and our brain health, and the relationship with our microbiome.
Gut health and brain health are intertwined. Can eating blueberries and doing crosswords stave off dementia? We are not sure, but it certainly can’t hurt. You know that "gut feeling" you get when something is wrong? GI distress when life isn't going well? Total brain fog when you are hungry, angry, or lonely? These are perfect examples of how that tummy signals the brain as a call to action.
The brain is fed by the gut and how well nutrients are absorbed by the GI tract play a role in cognition. Your individual GI tract has its own unique microbiome made of billions of living microbes also referred to as intestinal flora, that influence your digestion, immune system, mood, cognitive function, metabolic rate, and even the way you age. The composition of each person’s microbiome depends on diet, stress level, environment, age, and other factors. If you’re feeling creeped out, don’t be! Your microbiome is extremely important. Here are 5 things you should know about it.
Your microbiome helps you digest food Digestion, enzymes that help us digest healthy sugars, and they are also responsible for providing us with B vitamins, vitamin K, and short chain fatty acids. Thus, they are responsible for helping influence the nutritional value of the food we eat.
Your microbiome helps boost your immune system There’s a lot of interaction between your immune system and the bacteria in your gut, your microbiota mediates the relationship. Meaning, it teaches your immune system which invaders are friends or foes. This helps keep your body from attacking friendly gut bacteria needed for digestion. These microbes also stimulate tissue around the gut to increase production of antibodies when needed.
Your microbiome influences your mental health The brain and the gut are connected via the vagus nerve, enteric nervous system, and the gut-brain axis. Your gut microbiota interacts with your central nervous system to regulate brain chemistry. That’s right, your gut bacteria can affect your response to stress, anxiety, and even your memory. Research has shown that gut bacteria influences serotonin and dopamine production. Serotonin doesn’t just make you feel happy, it aids in digestion as well. In fact, 90% of your body’s serotonin can be found in your gut.
Your microbiome promotes healthy skin Our skin is covered in a biofilm of microbes that form a protective layer over us. These microbes protect us from bacterial and fungal invasion. They also convert skin oils into natural moisturizers that keep our skin healthy.
Your microbiome protects you from toxins Gut bacteria is responsible for keeping toxins from passing through the intestinal wall and into your bloodstream.
Microbiota is also responsible for:
- Controlling metabolism and nutrient storage
- Decreasing inflammation
- Producing antimicrobials
- Maintaining tissue integrity
- Controlling blood pressure
Eat a Variety of Nutritious Foods from All Food Groups to keep you gut microbiome strong.
Pay attention to the food that you consume each day. Nutrient-rich foods have vitamins, minerals, fiber, and other nutrients but are lower in calories. To get the nutrients you need, the staples in your diet should be primarily vegetables fruits, eating a variety of brightly colored produce. The richer the color, the higher the levels of phytonutrients. The color pigment is where the nutritional value lies. Green leaves, yellow, orange, and red vegetables and fruits, bean varieties, and citrus fruits are all great sources with a high nutritional value that you can consume every day.
Unrefined whole-grain foods contain fiber, and that can help lower your blood cholesterol and help you feel full, which may help you manage your weight. Beans are a great source of both fiber and protein as a standalone, or in the absence of meat. Eating large amounts of high-fat foods adds excess calories, which can lead to weight gain and obesity. Emphasize fats from healthier sources, such as eggs, low fat cheeses, vegetable oils, nuts, olives, and dairy products.
Eat fish at least twice a week. Recent research shows that eating oily fish containing omega-3 fatty acids may help lower your risk of death from coronary artery disease. Examples of oily fish include salmon, trout, tuna, swordfish, mackerel, herring, sardines, and anchovies.
If you drink alcohol, drink in moderation. That means one drink per day, preferably when you are in for the night, so you stay safe.
Last, but not least, hydrate!
Having said all that, let talk about the practicality of eating well. No fast food, no junk food, no sodas or sugary drinks, no fried food, and no processed food. As noted, this will get us 90% of the way there. Many also suggest limiting or eliminating “white” foods, such as white sugar, white rice, white flour, and all their associated products.
There comes a point in our lives that we want to enjoy, we spent so many years dieting and stressed about how we eat, now what? Here is what I say to everyone:
- Love every moment of your life!
- When you eat, savor every bite, even if you are on a restricted diet due to medical issues, mindful eating enhances every meal a hundred-fold.
- Chew your food very slowly.
- Sip your wine, don't gulp.
- Make hydration a part of every meal and all your activities during the day.
These habits will make life more pleasurable, keep your body and mind calm, and will repair and restore the gut microbiome because we are not approaching eating with angst!!
Ask yourself these questions (it’s not a test, just things to ponder):
- What does “Healthy Eating” mean to you?
- How closely do you adhere to what you think of as a “healthy eating” plan?
- Have you started to cut back on sugar, flour, fried foods, processed food, sugary drinks?
- What would help you to do so?
- Do you understand the importance of the various nutrients in food?
- Do you take vitamin and mineral supplements?
- Have you started tracking your food? Whatever system you use, are you consistent, and honest, in tracking everything you eat?
- Do you prepare most of your meals at home?
- Do you read labels and menus carefully when eating out?
- What techniques have you used to resist foods you know are bad for you when they’re pushed on you by well-meaning family and friends or if you’re at an event?
- Have you tried group programs like Weight Watchers or Overeaters Anonymous? Do you benefit from the group support?
- Have you begun to increase your cardiovascular activity to burn more calories? What about doing weight training to raise your metabolic rate, so you continue to burn calories even at rest?
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
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- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Crescent Dragonwagon is back with us for another episode and this time she’s “as fine as frog’s hair.” We talk fearless writing, left brained planning for right brained people, and teaching without the emergency brakes on. Fearless Writing is Crescent’s flagship 12-part writing and creativity program. It teaches participants how to work with and overcome the inherent anxiety that surfaces for most creators when they sit down and try to bring into form the delectable ideas about which they’ve been cogitating, dreaming, and “mentally writing.” (There’s not such thing as “mentally writing” – the word for that process is “thinking.”)
CRESCENT’S LINKS:
Crescent has a special offer on her Self-Compassion 101 class for our listeners here: https://dragonwagon.com/women-beyond-age/
Website: https://dragonwagon.com
Self-Compassion 101 introduction video: https://fb.watch/aBHT81nmdF/
Books: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B000APJCO0
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crescent.dragonwagon
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cdragonwagon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cdragonwagon/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/crescent-dragonwagon-0565b47/
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS:
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
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- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
The Dragon herself, Crescent Dragonwagon, is with us this week! Our conversation jumps around like “like a cat on a june bug,” which makes it all that much more fascinating. She talks self-compassion, writing, and growing up the child of writers. Crescent has a special offer on her Self-Compassion 101 class for our listeners: https://dragonwagon.com/women-beyond-age/
CRESCENT’S LINKS:
Self-Compassion 101 video: https://fb.watch/aBHT81nmdF/
Website: https://dragonwagon.com
Books: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B000APJCO0
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crescent.dragonwagon
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cdragonwagon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cdragonwagon/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/crescent-dragonwagon-0565b47/
Email: crescent@dragonwagon.com
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS:
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
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- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Pat Greenberg is back for another info-packed episode! She talks to us about how denial, fear, anger, and fatigue prevent us from making changes for the better and sap our self-esteem. Pat just celebrated the 1-year anniversary of her Eat Well, Live Well, Age Well show on KABC-AM TalkRadio.
PAT’S LINKS:
Listen to Pat’s show: https://www.kabc.com/eat-well-live-well-age-well/
Email Pat a question: thefitnessgourmet@mac.com
Website: https://www.thefitnessgourmet.com
Buy Pat’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Patricia-Greenberg/e/B001IR1E2W?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1579117414&sr=8-1
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefitnessgourmet/?fref=ts
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fitnessgourmet
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patgreenbergthefitnessgourmet/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefitnessgourmet/?hl=en
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
- Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WomenBeyond/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Our guest this week is Debra Freeman. Debra has written for outlets such as Plate Magazine, Epicurious, Garden and Gun, Pit Magazine, Gravy, Southern Grit Magazine, and Gastro Obscura, has had her work featured in Huffington Post and The New York Times, and has done cultural commentary for BBC Radio and other international outlets. Freeman writes about the intersection of race, culture, and food. Read Why Yellow Cake is so Important to Black Celebrations, along with some other pieces by Debra (links below)!
DEBRA’S LINKS:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/audiophilegirl/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/audiophilegirl
Why Yellow Cake is so Important to Black Celebrations: https://food52.com/blog/26915-boxed-yellow-cake-mix-black-celebrations
A Fruitful Journey: https://www.southernfoodways.org/a-fruitful-journey/
Here’s Looking at ‘Cue: https://www.southernfoodways.org/heres-looking-at-cue/
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
- Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WomenBeyond/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Our guest this week is financial advisor Michelle Arpin Begina. She’s used money lessons from her own life to rethink how advisors and their clients have traditionally worked together. Rather than thinking of her role as a gatekeeper of portfolios, she sees real value in being a gateway to clients’ personal financial freedom. What differentiates Michelle from other financial advisors is that she has spent the last two-plus decades studying the unconventional, non-financial aspects of life satisfaction, financial therapy (it’s a thing), behavioral bias, choice, and decision advising. She believes we all need to examine the money stories, scripts, and lessons that affect our financial psychology so that we can rethink what we know about money to have more of it.
MICHELLE’S LINKS:
Website: https://michelleab.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michelle.arpinbegina
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellearpinbeginacfp/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/michellearpinbegina/
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
- Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WomenBeyond/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
After reading Laurie Woolever’s book, Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography, Denise is moved to read one of her own Tony B. stories. She also reads an Eric Ripert story and a few pages from Laurie’s book. Cindie even pops up at the end!
Get the book: https://www.amazon.com/Bourdain-The-Definitive-Oral-Biography/dp/B08TN1C7X3/ref=sr_1_12
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
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- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
The author of 50 Questions to Ask When You Reach 50, Kwavi, is with us this week! Her life is dedicated to helping women in their 50s and beyond to live their lives on their own terms with zero apologies. We love that! Kwavi’s class, 3 Steps to Live Your Best Life on Your Own Terms, is free!
KWAVI’S LINKS
Website: www.kwavi.com
Book: https://bit.ly/50Questions_book
Retreats: https://www.kwavi.tv/retreat_special
Instagram: @kwavi_tv TikTok: @kwavi_tv YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/kwavitv Free Class--3 Steps to Live Your Best Life on Your Own Terms: https://www.kwavi.tv/masterclass-podcast
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
- Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WomenBeyond/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Jennifer Crowley is back with us this week to talk about being overwhelmed, accepting help, and how to turn around negativity. Jennifer is a best-selling author, certified life coach, and founder of Changeable Coaching. Jennifer primarily works with women looking to make impactful changes in themselves and in their lives.
JENNIFERS’S LINKS
- Website:https://www.changeablecoaching.com
- LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifercrowleychangecoach/
- Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/changeablelifecoaching
- Book:https://geni.us/EverWishYouGotHit
- Jennifer’s podcast: https://authorhour.co/episodes/
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
- Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WomenBeyond/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Abby Dodge, is back! We find out all about her newest book, Sheet Cake: Easy One-Pan Recipes for Every Day and Every Occasion. Think you can’t make a gorgeous and delicious layer cake? Think again! Abby has a great system for making these easy. Included below is her recipe for Banana Buttermilk Cake with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting.
ABBY’S LINKS
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abbydodge/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abbydodge
- Website: http://www.abbydodge.com
- Confessions of a Baking Nerd blog: http://www.abbydodge.com
- Books: https://www.amazon.com/Abigail-Johnson-Dodge/e/B001ILKDFW
- Ask Abby a baking question: http://www.abbydodge.com/contact/
BANANA BUTTERMILK CAKE
SERVES 12 TO 16
The banana-chocolate flavor combo continues to be a favorite at Dodge family birthday celebrations. Because it bakes up so quickly, this cake is perfect for weeknight dinners or parties
CAKE
2⅔ cups (12 oz/340 g) unbleached all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
½ teaspoon table salt
¼ teaspoon baking soda
2 sticks (1 cup/8 oz/227 g) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup (7 oz/198 g) granulated sugar
½ cup (3½ oz/99 g) packed light brown sugar
4 large eggs, at room temperature
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
3 very ripe medium bananas, mashed (about 1 cup/9 oz/255 g)
½ cup (4¼ oz/120 g) buttermilk, at room temperature
ASSEMBLY AND SERVING
Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
Cake croutons or cakes, (recipe below) soft or toasted (optional)
Banana slices (optional)
BAKE THE CAKE
- Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C/gas mark 4). Lightly grease the bottom and sides of the half sheet pan. Line the bottom with parchment and lightly grease and flour the bottom and sides.
- Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a medium bowl and whisk until blended. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter on medium speed until smooth, about 1 minute. Add the granulated and brown sugars and continue beating on medium-high speed until fluffy and lighter in color, 2 to 3 more minutes.
- Add 3 of the eggs, one at a time, beating until blended after each addition. Add the vanilla along with the remaining egg. Add one-third of the flour mixture and mix on low speed until just blended, about 30 seconds. Add the mashed bananas and mix until just blended, about 30 seconds more. Add another third of the flour mixture and mix on low speed until just blended, about 30 seconds. Add the buttermilk and mix until just blended, about 30 seconds. Add the remaining flour mixture and mix until just blended, about 30 seconds.
- Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and, using an offset spatula, spread evenly. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 20 to 22 minutes.
- Unmold the cake, let cool, and cut out 3 circles or 4 rectangles.
ASSEMBLE AND SERVE THE CAKE
- Fill and assemble the cake layers, using about half the buttercream on the bottom layers. Top with the final layer. Spread the remaining frosting on the top and sides of the cake.
- Just before serving, scatter cake croutons and banana slices over the top of the cake, if desired.
flavor swaps
Marshmallow Chip Use the Vanilla: Marshmallow Frosting (full recipe, with Chocolate Chips add-in; pages 142 and 153) in place of the buttercream.
Toffee-Banana: Use the Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting (full recipe, Brown Sugar variation; page 139) in place of the buttercream. Just before serving, gently press handfuls of toffee pieces around the sides of the cake to cover completely.
VANILLA BUTTRECREAM FROSTING
full recipe: makes about 5 cups (4 41⁄8 oz/1.25 kg)
¼ cup (1⅛ oz/32 g) unbleached all-purpose flour
1⅓ cups (10 4⁄5 oz/320 g) whole milk
1½ cups (10½ oz/298 g) granulated sugar
½ teaspoon table salt, plus more to taste
5 sticks (2½ cups/ 1¼ pounds/567 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 to 3 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
half recipe: makes about 2 1⁄2 cups (22 oz/624 g)
2 tablespoons unbleached all-purpose flour
⅔ cup (52⁄5 oz/160 g) whole milk
¾ cup (5¼ oz/149 g) granulated sugar
¼ teaspoon table salt, plus more as needed
2½ sticks (1 cup plus4 tablespoons/10 oz/ 283 g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 to 2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
- Place the flour in a small saucepan. Tipping the pan to one side, add about 2 tablespoons of the milk and whisk until the mixture forms a thick, smooth paste. Add another 2 tablespoons milk and whisk until blended. Set the pan on the counter and gradually add the remaining milk, whisking until the mixture is smooth.
- Place the pan over medium heat and, whisking constantly, bring the mixture to a boil. Cook, continuing to whisk constantly, for 1 minute. Remove the pan from the heat, add the sugar and measured salt, and whisk until the sugar is dissolved.
- Pour the mixture through a fine-mesh sieve set over a medium bowl (do not press down). Scrape the underside of the sieve into the bowl and discard the floury remnants in the sieve. Set aside, stirring occasionally, to cool completely. (For faster cooling, set the bowl over a larger bowl filled with ice and a little water, stirring and scraping the sides frequently until chilled to room temperature.)
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter on medium speed until smooth, about 1 minute. Add the cooled sugar mixture and 2 tablespoons of the vanilla and beat on medium speed until smooth and well blended, about 2 minutes more. If the mixture looks grainy or “broken,” keep mixing until the texture is smooth. Taste and add more salt and vanilla as needed. The flavor should be vibrant.
- Store the buttercream, well covered or in heavy-duty zip-top bags with the air pushed out, in the refrigerator for up to 4 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months. Before using, bring to room temperature and beat until smooth and light. Before using, bring to room temperature and whisk until smooth and warm enough to spread.
HOW TO MAKE CAKE CROUTONS
Using a serrated knife, cut the edges of the cake scraps into ¾-inch pieces. For soft croutons, cover and store the pieces at room temperature for up to three days or freeze for up to three months. Thaw at room temperature and refresh in a 350°F (180°C/gas mark 4) oven for about 5 minutes. For crisp croutons, arrange the cake pieces on a parchment-lined half-sheet pan so they aren’t touching and bake in a 350°F (180°C/gas mark 4) oven until the edges are dry, 12 to 14 minutes. Set aside to cool completely. The cake croutons can also be mixed into brownie or cookie dough, used in a bread pudding, layered with mousse, or whipped cream in a parfait, or sprinkled on top of ice cream.
ASEMBLING AND SERVING THE CAKE
Three- or four-layer stacked cakes can be round or rectangular. To make a three-layer round cake, use an inverted plate or cardboard template and the tip of a small knife to cut out three 6¾-inch (16.7 centimeter) circles. To make a four-layer rectangular cake, use the tip of a small knife to cut the cake in half along the 18-inch (46 centimeter) length, then cut again in half along the 13-inch (33 centimeter)length to make four rectangles that are approximately 9 by 6½ inches(23 by 16.5 centimeters). Brush away any crumbs from the sides of the layers. Save any remaining cake scraps to make croutons or cake crumbs (see page 18), if you like.
Put one cake layer, top side up, on a flat serving plate. (To protect the plate from smears during frosting, you may want to slip small strips of foil or parchment between the cake and the plate.) If the recipe calls for a soak, use a small pastry brush to brush the soak evenly over the first cake layer. Pile 1 to 1¼ cups of frosting onto the cake layer and spread evenly to the edges. Place the next layer, top side up, on top of the frosting. Align the sides and gently press down on the layer.
Brush the soak, if using, on the second layer, and spread another 1 to 1¼ cups of the frosting evenly to the cake’s edge. Place the third layer, top side down, on top of the frosting. Align the sides and gently press down on that layer.
If you are frosting the outside of the cake, spread a thin layer of the remaining frosting over the sides and top of the cake to seal in any pesky crumbs (this is a crumb coat). Refrigerate the cake for 10 to 15 minutes. Spread as much of the remaining frosting as you like evenly over the sides and top of the cake.
Just before serving, pile the cake crumbs or croutons on top of the cake, if using. Or, using a cupped hand, gently press some of the cake crumbs around the sides and top of the cake to cover completely. Add any additional garnishes.
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Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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The founder of Fine Cooking magazine’s test kitchen, Abby Dodge, is with us this week! James Beard-award-winning instructor and author of 11 cookbooks, Abby’s baking knowledge is boundless. We chat about her career in this first half of our conversation. In part two we’ll discuss her newest book, Sheet Cake: Easy One-Pan Recipes for Every Day and Every Occasion.
ABBY’S LINKS
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abbydodge/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abbydodge
- Website: http://www.abbydodge.com
- Confessions of a Baking Nerd blog: http://www.abbydodge.com
- Books: https://www.amazon.com/Abigail-Johnson-Dodge/e/B001ILKDFW
- Ask Abby a baking question: http://www.abbydodge.com/contact/
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
- Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WomenBeyond/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
20 Tips for Thanksgiving 2021
If there was ever a year to appreciate your family more but scale back on the stress of entertaining and money spent, this is the year! COVID, quarantines, job losses, homeschooling, isolation…surviving the year is an achievement in and of itself.
Make all the major decisions now, before you plan anything else. Set a schedule and keep to it. These are my suggestions to make the day more fun and less work:
- Ever tried a potluck with your family? I have and it’s been wonderful. I cook a turkey, ham or prime rib and delegate the rest.
- Give the good cooks in your family a description of what you want, maybe even a recipe. The biggest challenge for people is correctly estimating the amount of food to prepare. Don’t leave people guessing, tell them how much you want them to bring. If you are really kind, send them a grocery list too.
- A gravy thermos is a wonderful item. I make my gravy, sauce or béarnaise as soon as I can and pour it in the thermos. It’ll stay hot for a few hours, no last-minute cooking.
- I make stuffing the night before in a separate baking dish. Add some drippings from your roasting pan for extra flavor if you like. Stuffing that has had a day to sit tastes better anyway.
- Decide on your menu. Does your family want traditional or are they flexible? Are you taking any special diets into consideration? Gluten free? Arrange your menu around that now. Vegan? Use dairy-free substitution and vegans can eat everything but the turkey or roast. Your vegan guests know more about the dishes they like best so ask them to bring an alternative entree.
- Instead of mashed potatoes and candied yams, how about a sliced potato and yam casserole. Use fresh herbs, olive oil, salt, and pepper. Choose a recipe that can be baked the day. Simply reheat before serving.
- You have the 30 minutes while your turkey or roast rests, this is how you manage your oven space. Warm rolls and, potatoes or veggies during this time,
- The vegetable assignment is easy—ask a guest to bring a big bag of already cleaned broccoli or a bunch or two of asparagus. Quickly sauté in olive oil, salt, and pepper. Have a small bowl of shaved parmesan nearby for the guests who want it to sprinkle on top.
- I always tell my family and friends to bring everything prepped. If it’s a green salad, pour dressing in the bottom of the salad bowl. Add a layer of sliced cucumbers to act as a barrier then add all other ingredients, with lettuce last. This can be done the night before, place a damp paper towel over the lettuce and cover with plastic wrap. The salad will be ready to toss right before serving. Send along a recipe with amounts included so people know how much to make.
- If someone insists on a family favorite, have them make it. That will teach them! Bwa ha ha!
- Add some orange zest to a can of cranberry sauce to snazzy it up. Or use a jar of Trader Joe’s cranberry relish. It’s delicious and inexpensive.
- Appetizers--keep them light. A crudite tray or small antipasto platter with a few different cheeses and salamis.
- I have found with my family or friends that less cocktail time makes for better conversation at the table.
- Who’s the family baker? Give them dessert! Two pies are enough for most gatherings. Who cooks 4-5 pies? That is just too much stress. Focus on the best. And vanilla ice cream goes with everything!
- Give the well-off people the job of buying great wine. Tell them how many bottles. If you know wines yourself then look on Bev-mo’s website and pick out what you want them to buy.
- Do you have a guest that makes a natural bartender or is outgoing? Give them the job of bringing ingredients for a big pitcher or two of cocktails. Cosmopolitans, hard cider sangria, and mulled wine are all great Thanksgiving drinks.
- There is nothing wrong with a beautiful box of luxury chocolates at the end of dinner.
- Ask around to see if anyone has Nespresso machines or similar that they can bring so you can offer coffee at the end of the meal. I have one and I love it but it would take a long time to make 10 espressos. Having an extra machine will come in handy!
- Ask a talented teen to set your table the day before. A diagram makes it smooth!
- If they are crafty, have them make small floral arrangements to scatter around your table.
If nothing else, these past 2 years have taught us is to be grateful for life, love and friends.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
- Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WomenBeyond/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Cynthia Graubart is back with us to talk about her newest cookbooks, Blueberry Love and Strawberry Love.
CYNTHIA’S LINKS
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cynthiagraubart/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynthiagraubartauthor
- Website: http://www.cynthiagraubart.com/home
- Email: cynthia@cynthiagraubart.com
- Books: https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=Cynthia+Graubart
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
- Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WomenBeyond/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Lisa Donovan joins Denise this week for an open discussion on women in kitchens among many other subjects, including chin hairs! Lisa is a pastry chef and James Beard award winning writer. She’s weaved in and out of the restaurant industry, writing recipes and contributing to the larger annals of American baking with her equally reverent approach to both technique and heritage. Lisa has helmed the pastry kitchens of some of the most important restaurants in the country and has kept her whole life afloat by making, writing on and thinking about food - including consulting, recipe development, selling pies out of the trunk of her car and creating the now retired yet really wonderful Buttermilk Road Sunday Suppers. Lisa now writes full time and is very glad for it. Her first book, Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger, was born August 4, 2020.
LISA’S LINKS:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisamariedonovan/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ButtermilkRoad
- Website: https://www.lisamariedonovan.com
- Book: https://www.amazon.com/Lisa-Donovan/e/B088P61HTP
- See the David Bowie 1983 MTV interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZGiVzIr8Qg
- Listen to Michelle Obama’s podcast, the episode with Dr. Sharon Malone: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-your-mother-never-told-you-about-health-dr-sharon/id1532956108?i=1000493064968
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
- Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WomenBeyond/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo’s info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/ and here https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan’s info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3F
Kathy Hester is with us this week to talk about writing accessible vegan cookbooks, and being her own photographer and food and prop stylist. We also discuss Halloween and trying to find Margaret Mitchell’s gravesite.
Show links: See Kathy’s blogs, Plant-Based Instapot and Healthy Slow Cooking. She runs online cooking classes, beginning live video courses, coaching, and runs a mentorship group. Keep up with her on her website. Buy any or all of Kathy’s 10 books on Amazon. Find that delicious cheese and butter at Miyoko’s.
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
Visit our podcast website, join our Facebook Group and like our Page, listen to all our past episodes, follow us on Instagram or drop us a line!
Denise Vivaldo, host and producer. Denise’s books on Amazon. Producer, editor, and everything even remotely techie is handled by Cindie Flannigan. See Cindie’s work here.
Pie maker Kate McDermott is with us from Pie Cottage to tell us about her newest book Pie Camp and to give us tips for baking pies as well as tips for living. Does making pie dough intimidate you? Watch her quick video at the link below!
KATE’S LINKS
- Website: https://artofthepie.com/
- Video: https://artofthepie.com/videos/#foobox-1/7/6jGwvD_eZlY
- Newsletter: https://katemcdermott.substack.com/?fbclid=IwAR2XV1gzxkYo6pLFIoabMfDLgSumxnt-fzwDM0x3o_aAu8UXylAePDsJfxc
- Books: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B085SY5K2V/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
- Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WomenBeyond/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
We are rebroadcasting a listener-favorite this week!
Denise continues her chat with media coach and author of Everyday Celebrity Jess Ponce.
Jess Ponce III has coached thousands of celebrities, TV hosts, Fortune 500 executives, creative professionals, and TEDx speakers. International brand leaders Lucasfilm, The Walt Disney Company, HGTV, LinkedIn, The Ritz Carlton, and BNP Paribas have called on his expertise to coach their executives, spokespeople, and talent.
As a media and communication coach and personal branding expert, Jess created The A Factor®, a methodology for what he has coined “The Art of Authentic Self Promotion.” His laser-focused training helps professionals from all industries strengthen their presentation, leadership, and media skills so they can shine when they need it most—in any speaking arena.
As a speaker and workshop facilitator for The Awesome Group in Taipei and its affiliates in Hong Kong and Mainland China, Jess co-created multiple communication and public speaking programs for adults and youth.
Jess’s vast experience in media communication skills comes from the world of entertainment where he produced and developed programming for ABC, Warner Bros., E! Entertainment, Style, TV Guide Network, and MTV. He is also the creative force behind Media 2x3, a US-based media company that develops and packages talent by applying individual branding strategies.
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
- Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WomenBeyond/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
We are rebroadcasting a listener-favorite this week!
Denise talks with media coach and author of Everyday Celebrity Jess Ponce.
Jess Ponce III has coached thousands of celebrities, TV hosts, Fortune 500 executives, creative professionals, and TEDx speakers. International brand leaders Lucasfilm, The Walt Disney Company, HGTV, LinkedIn, The Ritz Carlton, and BNP Paribas have called on his expertise to coach their executives, spokespeople, and talent.
As a media and communication coach and personal branding expert, Jess created The A Factor®, a methodology for what he has coined “The Art of Authentic Self Promotion.” His laser-focused training helps professionals from all industries strengthen their presentation, leadership, and media skills so they can shine when they need it most—in any speaking arena.
As a speaker and workshop facilitator for The Awesome Group in Taipei and its affiliates in Hong Kong and Mainland China, Jess co-created multiple communication and public speaking programs for adults and youth.
Jess’s vast experience in media communication skills comes from the world of entertainment where he produced and developed programming for ABC, Warner Bros., E! Entertainment, Style, TV Guide Network, and MTV. He is also the creative force behind Media 2x3, a US-based media company that develops and packages talent by applying individual branding strategies.
SHOW LINKS
Website: https://www.jp3globalmedia.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jess-ponce-iii-6195493/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jessponceiii
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JP3GlobalMedia/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessponce/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLv777bXef3P1G140WS7gUg
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
- Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WomenBeyond/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
We are stepping away for a few weeks but we'll be posting some of our most listened-to episodes!
Denise chats with the doyen of Southern Cuisine, Nathalie Dupree! She tells us “…it was my mistakes that lead me to what I wanted to do.”
NATHALIE’S LINKS
- Website: https://www.nathalie.com/index.htm
- Email: nathaliedupree@aol.com
- Read the article: https://thelocalpalate.com/articles/at-home-with-nathalie-dupree/
- Books: https://www.amazon.com/Nathalie-Dupree/e/B001HD432K/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
- Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WomenBeyond/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Cynthia Graubart and Denise talk about how showing up prepared and doing a great job opens up a world of opportunities. Cynthia is an award-winning cookbook author, cooking teacher, and culinary television producer. She’s a James Beard Award Winner and an MFK Fischer Award Winner. Cynthia and Virginia Willis are co-founders of Culinary Media Training. They provide culinary professionals with the skills and confidence needed to work effectively in today’s digital environment.
CYNTHIA’S LINKS
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cynthiagraubart/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynthiagraubartauthor
- Website: http://www.cynthiagraubart.com/home
- Email: cynthia@cynthiagraubart.com
- Books: https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=Cynthia+Graubart
- Culinary media training: https://www.culinarymediatraining.com/what-we-do
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
- Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WomenBeyond/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Jeffrey Martin is with us this week to talk about the Food Photo Affair! At the Meritage Resort and Spa in Napa, California on November 19-21, 2021, the conference features a wide variety of engaging workshops presented by some of the most respected names in the industry. Jeffrey is an extraordinary food stylist who began his as art director and photo editor. Always interested in food, for eight years Jeffrey also created stunning contemporary wedding cakes and desserts in his wedding bakery. This conference is a can’t miss…we’ll be there! Links for all the info are listed below.
JEFFREY’S LINKS
- Food Photo Affair: foodphotoaffair.com
- FPA Instagram: @foodphotoaffair https://www.instagram.com/foodphotoaffair/
- FPA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/foodphotoaffair
- FPA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/foodphotoaffair
- FPA LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/food-photo-affair
- Email: jeff@foodphotoaffair.com
- Jeffrey Martin Stylist: jeffreymartinfoodstylist.com
- JMFS Instagram: @culinarystylist https://www.instagram.com/culinarystylist/
- JMFS: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Jeffrey-Martin-Food-Stylist-361079547334280
- Jeffrey Martin Personal LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-martin-01891a6/
- Email: jeff@jeffreymartinfoodstylist.com
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
- Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WomenBeyond/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
This week Denise talks with Jennifer Crowley, best-selling author, certified life coach, and founder of Changeable Coaching. Jennifer primarily works with women looking to make impactful changes in themselves and in their lives. She is also a leadership consultant, working with entrepreneurs to help them strengthen their management skills and develop healthy cultures of success. Prior to her professional life as a coach and consultant, Jennifer made the decision to leave behind a successful 20-year career as an executive in the wine industry to follow her calling and share her path to change and fulfillment.
JENNIFERS’S LINKS
- Website:https://www.changeablecoaching.com/contact/
- LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifercrowleychangecoach/
- Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/changeablelifecoaching
- Book:https://geni.us/EverWishYouGotHit
- Jennifer’s podcast: https://authorhour.co/episodes/
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
- Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WomenBeyond/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Journalist and author Andrea Collier is with us this week to talk about Juneteenth, health and food writing, interviewing the “comfortably unhinged,” the restorative effects of brown liquor, and not giving up your power. Andrea’s work has appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, The Lansing State Journal, the Post Tribune as well as too many magazines to mention here. She is the author of The Black Woman’s Guide to Black Men’s Health and Still With Me…A Daughter’s Journey of Love and Loss. She has degrees in Journalism and Political Science and has held numerous medical journalism fellowships.
ANDREA’S LINKS
- Twitter:https://mobile.twitter.com/writerchicks
- LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreacollier
- Portfolio: https://andreacollier.contently.com
- Writerchicks:writerchick.com
- Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/andrea.collier
- Books:https://www.amazon.com/Andrea-King-Collier/e/B001JSFIT0?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1629403159&sr=8-1
- Annette Gordon-Reed’s books: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Annette+Gordon-Reed&i=audible&ref=dp_byline_sr_audible_1
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
- Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WomenBeyond/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Maureen C. Berry is back with us to talk about creativity, learning to use watercolors, and her subject for the 100-Day Challenge—a feather, of course! Denise and Maureen also discuss making up words. In addition to her watercolors, make sure to take a look at Maureen's stunning photography!
MAUREEN’S LINKS
- MCB website and art:https://maureencberry.com
- Four Pillars to Creative Badassery newsletter:https://maureencberry.com/#newsletter
- Photography: https://maureencberryphotography.com
- Green Fish Blue Oceans podcast:https://greenfishblueoceans.com
- LinkedIn:https://linkedin.com/in/maureencberry
- Instagram:https://instagram.com/maureenc.berry
- Facebook:https://facebook.com/maureencberry
- Watercolor class:https://www.lifeidesign.com/watercolorpainting
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
- Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WomenBeyond/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Maureen C. Berry is our guest this week to talk about getting a rare and very aggressive cancer diagnosis, being her own health advocate, and the road to recovery. Maureen is an artist and the author of Salmon: From Market to Plate.
MAUREEN’S LINKS
- MCB website and art:https://maureencberry.com
- Four Pillars to Creative Badassery newsletter:https://maureencberry.com/#newsletter
- Photography: https://maureencberryphotography.com
- Green Fish Blue Oceans podcast:https://greenfishblueoceans.com
- LinkedIn:https://linkedin.com/in/maureencberry
- Instagram:https://instagram.com/maureenc.berry
- Facebook:https://facebook.com/maureencberry
- Losing My Hair article:https://link.medium.com/dR1KMOsksib
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
- Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WomenBeyond/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Dianne Jacob is back with us to talk about the 4th edition of her book, Will Write for Food: The Complete Guide to Writing Cookbooks, Blogs, Memoir, Recipes and More.
Dianne Jacob is a writing coach who helps people get their cookbooks published. She has a degree in journalism and worked as a writer, editor, and reporter for decades. In 1996 Dianne launched her coaching and writing business. The book proposals she’s worked on have resulted in book deals with Chronicle Books, Ten Speed Press, Simon & Schuster, Rizzoli, and other prestigious publishers.
DIANNE’S LINKS
- In conversation with David Lebovitz video: https://youtu.be/BiCyNtBpFhI
- Website: https://diannej.com
- Newsletter: http://ww.diannej.com/newsletter
- Instagram: @diannemjacob
- Twitter: @diannej
- Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0738218057/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0738218057&linkCode=as2&tag=dianjacobookc-20&linkId=Q76JQ2IC6WJBTFN5
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
- Website: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenBeyond/
- Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/WomenBeyond/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenbeyondacertainage/
- Episode archive: https://womenbeyond.podbean.com
- Email us: WomenBeyond@icloud.com
- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Martha Hopkins is back with us to talk about being a book agent and what goes into self-publishing. Do you have the time, money, and ability for self-publishing? Run your idea by Martha, she is happy to talk with you: martha@terracepartners.com.
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
SHOW LINKS
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Martha Hopkins is with us to talk about book editing, agenting, publishing and marketing. She also tells us about her groundbreaking book, Intercourses: An Aphrodisiac Cookbook came about. Do you have a book idea? Martha is happy to talk to you about it: martha@terracepartners.com.
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Karen Randall is back with us to talk midlife, menopause and moving forward. Karen is a transition life coach, energy psychologist, creative arts facilitator, author, college professor, yoga teacher and recovering CPA. After a successful career as a CFO, Karen received a master’s degree in transpersonal psychology followed by a certification as a psychosynthesis life coach which she uses to guide her clients to a life full of purpose, meaning, passion and joy. See more info on the links below.
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
KAREN’S LINKS
- Website: https://www.karenrandallcoaching.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karenrandallcoaching/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karenrandallcoaching
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCElh_5FDnioRSUb6C-CdiUQ
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- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Grace Young is back to talk woks with us! Grace is the author of three award-winning cookbooks, including Stir-Frying to the Sky’s Edge and The Breath of the Wok. Grace was named the “poet laureate of the wok” by food historian Betty Fussell. She has devoted her career to demystifying this ancient cooking utensil for use in contemporary kitchens. Find out more about Grace on the links below.
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
GRACE'S LINKS:
- https://www.graceyoung.com
- https://www.amazon.com/Grace-Young/e/B001ILKGRM/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpTYr9B9eFM
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/wokwednesdays/
- https://shop.mybluprint.com/cooking/classes/the-art-of-stir-frying/35288
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Chef Deborah VanTrece is with us this week to talk about her new cookbook, The Twisted Soul Cookbook: Modern Soul Food with Global Flavors. Deborah is an award-winning restaurant chef and owner who is heavily influenced by her travels as a flight attendant in her first career. Read and watch more about her at the links below.
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
DEBORAH’S LINKS
- Buy The Twisted Soul Cookbook: https://twisted-soul-cookhouse-and-pours.myshopify.com/products/the-twisted-soul-cookbook
- Restaurant website: https://www.twistedsoulcookhouseandpours.com/team
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chefdeborahvantrece/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deborah.vantrece
- Food & Wine article: https://www.foodandwine.com/chefs/deborah-vantrece-twisted-soul-interview
- Bon Appetit article: https://www.bonappetit.com/story/being-a-black-chef-deborah-vantrece
- Today Show: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2879631422285279
- Rachel Ray Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrMAWLN7xTg
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- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Karen Randall is a transition life coach, energy psychologist, creative arts facilitator, author, college professor, yoga teacher and recovering CPA. After a successful career as a CFO, Karen received a master’s degree in transpersonal psychology followed by a certification as a psychosynthesis life coach which she uses to guide her clients to a life full of purpose, meaning, passion and joy. See more info on her website (link below).
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
KAREN’S LINKS
- Website: https://www.karenrandallcoaching.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karenrandallcoaching/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karenrandallcoaching
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCElh_5FDnioRSUb6C-CdiUQ
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- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
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- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
Amanda Cushman is a chef with over forty years of professional experience. She’s recently retired but still teaches online cooking classes and writes recipes for a variety of publications. Read her culinary journal, about her classes and her wonderful recipes, including her Paella with Shrimp, Mussels and Chicken, on her website (link below).
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
AMANDA’S LINKS
- Website: https://www.amandacooks.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chefamandacushman/
- Paella with Shrimp, Mussels and Chicken: https://www.amandacooks.com/paella-with-shrimp-mussels-and-chicken/
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- Denise Vivaldo is the host of WBACA. Her info lives here: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/
- More of Denise’s info is here: https://denisevivaldo.com
- Cindie Flannigan is the producer WBACA. Her info lives here: https://linktr.ee/cindieflannigan
- Denise and Cindie’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Thérèse Nelson is a chef, writer and steward of Black culinary history. She started the website BlackCulinaryHistory.com in 2008 to “…do her part in preserving and paying homage to our collective Black culinary heritage and to directly challenge the pervasive and misguided narratives that exclude media coverage of Black chefs. Through storytelling, preservation, and archiving,” she hopes her site becomes a living history lesson for generations to come.
For more information visit Thérèse’s website and follow her on Facebook, Instagram and twitter. Listen to the first season of the Black Desserts podcast.
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Denise talks with Cheryl Alters Jamison, 4-time James Beard Award-winning cookbook author, cooking instructor, freelance food writer for publications including Bon Appetit, Cooking Light, and eater.com, culinary editor for New Mexico Magazine, and host of the radio show and podcast, Heating It Up. Cheryl and her small flock of backyard chickens live in stunning Santa Fe, New Mexico. She’s an authority on American home cooking, especially the food of the American Southwest, has written some twenty books on food and travel, and is the author of a brand-new book on barbecue, TEXAS Q.
Show links: Find out more about Cheryl on her website. Connect on Facebook and Instagram.
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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PR agent, publisher and ghostwriter extraordinaire Judy Katz is with us this week. She teaches Denise that having a great life is all in your attitude! After a long and successful writing and communications career, Judy started her own PR firm, Katz Creative, in 1987. As a ghostwriter and editor, she has worked on over 40 books in every genre. Her popular dating blog is featured on the Huffington Post.
For more information visit Judy’s website. Email Judy for free advice on the book you should write (it’s often NOT the book you think you should write!). Read her HuffPost blog.
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With us this week are Beverley Schottenstein and her granddaughter, Cathy Schottenstein Pattap, the duo who took on JP Morgan and Beverley’s own grandsons for gross money mismanagement and elder abuse…and won! Cathy and Beverley talk about the human cost of inherited wealth, how our families define us, and how, only after we find the courage to own our own voice, can we reclaim our story for ourselves. If Beverley, at 94, can fight the good fight for herself, then she is a guiding light for all of us! Cathy is currently writing, Twisted: Conflict, Madness, and the Redemptive Power of a Granddaughter’s Love.
For more information visit Cathy’s website. Read the Bloomberg story or watch the video.
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Virginia Willis and Denise chat about gaining weight, losing weight, eating healthier, and the apps Weight Watchers and Noom. Virginia has a new booklet out, Fresh Start: My Real Life Daily Guide to Healthy Eating and Weight Loss.
Watch Virginia’s show, Cookbooks with Virginia, on her Facebook page and on her YouTube channel. If you miss the live show you can always watch it later on IGTV. Follow and enter to win a free copy of the cookbook of the week every Friday morning on Instagram. You can learn more about Virginia and buy her books on her website.
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Our chat with Jess Ponce continues!
Media coach Jess Ponce is back with us to talk about his newest book, A.W.E.S.O.M.E.: 7 Keys to Unlocking the Speaker Within. He tells us about the importance of the “3 Cs”: clarity, confidence and charisma.
Jess Ponce III has coached thousands of celebrities, TV hosts, Fortune 500 executives, creative professionals, and TEDx speakers. International brand leaders Lucasfilm, The Walt Disney Company, HGTV, LinkedIn, The Ritz Carlton, and BNP Paribas have called on his expertise to coach their executives, spokespeople, and talent.
As a media and communication coach and personal branding expert, Jess created The A Factor®, a methodology for what he has coined “The Art of Authentic Self Promotion.” His laser-focused training helps professionals from all industries strengthen their presentation, leadership, and media skills so they can shine when they need it most—in any speaking arena.
As a speaker and workshop facilitator for The Awesome Group in Taipei and its affiliates in Hong Kong and Mainland China, Jess co-created multiple communication and public speaking programs for adults and youth.
Jess’s vast experience in media communication skills comes from the world of entertainment where he produced and developed programming for ABC, Warner Bros., E! Entertainment, Style, TV Guide Network, and MTV. He is also the creative force behind Media 2x3, a US-based media company that develops and packages talent by applying individual branding strategies.
Show links: Find out more about Jess on his website. Connect with Jess on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagramand YouTube. Buy the book!
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Media coach Jess Ponce is back with us to talk about his newest book, A.W.E.S.O.M.E.: 7 Keys to Unlocking the Speaker Within. He tells us the importance of the “3 Cs” clarity, confidence and charisma.
Jess Ponce III has coached thousands of celebrities, TV hosts, Fortune 500 executives, creative professionals, and TEDx speakers. International brand leaders Lucasfilm, The Walt Disney Company, HGTV, LinkedIn, The Ritz Carlton, and BNP Paribas have called on his expertise to coach their executives, spokespeople, and talent.
As a media and communication coach and personal branding expert, Jess created The A Factor®, a methodology for what he has coined “The Art of Authentic Self Promotion.” His laser-focused training helps professionals from all industries strengthen their presentation, leadership, and media skills so they can shine when they need it most—in any speaking arena.
As a speaker and workshop facilitator for The Awesome Group in Taipei and its affiliates in Hong Kong and Mainland China, Jess co-created multiple communication and public speaking programs for adults and youth.
Jess’s vast experience in media communication skills comes from the world of entertainment where he produced and developed programming for ABC, Warner Bros., E! Entertainment, Style, TV Guide Network, and MTV. He is also the creative force behind Media 2x3, a US-based media company that develops and packages talent by applying individual branding strategies.
Show links: Find out more about Jess on his website. Connect with Jess on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagramand YouTube. Buy the book!
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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Marinda Freeman is with us this week to talk about what you do when “people you love take off their Earth suits.” Marinda has been a licensed spiritual counselor and teacher for over 20 years. Her book, “The Grief Train: A Healing Journey of Love, Loss and Renewal” was the result of her personal exploration of grief after her husband died unexpectedly. She wrote her book in order to provide a gentle, spiritual, non-religious approach to grief as a way to help others. You can find out more on her website.
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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Culinary professional, cookbook author and award-winning cooking teacher Rick Rodgers is with us this week! His latest project is The Essential James Beard Cookbook. Preorder on Amazon!
Find out more about Rick, his cookbooks and his classes on his website. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook.
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Our gal pal Patricia Greenberg is back with us to talk about hyper parathyroid.
Visit Patricia’s website and buy her books on Amazon.
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This week our guest is the Pastry Chef Online herself, Jenni Field! Denise and Jenni talk about how they are struggling to address inequality as a white woman, getting through the pandemic, taking care of an elderly parent, finding things to be grateful for and the joys of having a job you can do by and large in your pajamas. Join us for a lively and wide-ranging chat!
Visit Pastry Chef Online on Facebook, YouTube, the web, Twitter, Pinterest, Watch the famous Beaten Coffee video! And why not follow Jenni on Facebook?
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This week our guest is food writer, cooking teacher and pie maker Cathy Barrow! For more info visit Cathy’s website, subscribe to her newsletter Cook Garden Knit Repeat. Read the Food 52 article The Power of Self-Publishing in Food Media mentioned in this episode. Buy Cathy’s books on Amazon.
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Food writer and gig juggler Amy Sherman talks with Denise about the business of culinary writing. Amy is Editor-in-Chief at The Cheese Professor and The Alcohol Professor. You can submit articles to Amy at editor@cheeseprofessor.com or editor@alcoholprofessor.com
Read Amy’s article, 10 Mistakes Not to Make When Working with an Editor. Read Amy’s blog and follow her on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
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Dianne Jacobs is back with us to talk about writing family cookbooks.
Dianne Jacob is a writing coach who helps people get their cookbooks published. She has a degree in journalism and worked as a writer, editor and reporter for decades. In 1996 Dianne launched her coaching and writing business. The book proposals she’s worked on have resulted in book deals with Chronicle Books, Ten Speed Press, Simon & Schuster, Rizzoli and other prestigious publishers. She is the author of the multiple award-wining how-to book, Will Write for Food: The Complete Guide to Writing Cookbooks, Blogs, Memoir, Recipes and More. She also co-wrote two cookbooks with a chef. She has a free newsletter about food writing trends. Sign up at http://ww.diannej.com/newsletter. Follow her on Instagram as @diannemjacob and on Twitter as @diannej. Fine out more about Dianne on her website. Find Dianne’s books on her Amazon page.
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Virginia Willis recently chatted with Denise on her show Cookbooks with Virginia. It was so much fun that we’re posting it here! You can catch Virginia’s show on her Facebook page and on her YouTube channel. If you miss the live show you can always watch it later on IGTV. Follow and enter to win a free copy of the cookbook of the week every Friday morning on Instagram. You can learn more about Virginia and buy her books on her website.
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Leslie Komet is with us this week to talk about her career fork in the road. Leslie is a former television news reporter and anchor who launched Komet Marketing Communications in 2004. She shares tips for expanding our on job horizons. Find out more about Leslie on her website, on Facebook, twitter, or LinkedIn.
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Well-known Los Angeles journalist and nutrition and fitness coach Lori Corbin joins us to talk about this new chapter in her career. Follow Lori on Instagram and Facebook. Visit Lori’s website to find out more about her media coaching.
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Jackie Alpers is the award-winning food photographer behind the blog Jackie’s Happy Plate and the author of Taste of Tucson. She shares her joy in the cuisine of this UNESCO-recognized city.
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Shrimp with Creamy Goat Cheese–Poblano Sauce Makes 3-4 servings
Chef Maria Mazon of BOCA Tacos y Tequila is a sauce master. Her goat cheese–poblano sauce is awesome over grilled chicken breasts, in enchiladas stuffed with mushrooms, or tossed with pasta. Here we added cooked shrimp to the sauce, then served it in deep red cabbage cups, which add a visual contrast to the white sauce and a slightly peppery taste. You can substitute soy sauce for the Maggi Jugo if necessary. Goat cheese has been a staple in Sonora for centuries. The Spanish brought both goats and cheesemaking techniques to the desert region.
Ingredients 2 poblano chiles 1 medium white onion, halved 12 ounces soft goat cheese 1 (12-ounce) can evaporated milk 1⁄4 cup water 2 teaspoons garlic powder 1 teaspoon sea salt Ground white pepper to taste Dash of Maggi Jugo Seasoning Sauce 1 pound cooked medium shrimp 1 small red or green cabbage
Instructions
- Preheat the broiler or grill.
- Remove the stems (and seeds if you want the sauce to be less spicy) from the chiles. Broil or grill the chiles and onion, turning the chiles occasionally so that the skins are blistered on all sides, about 10 minutes.
- Transfer the chiles and onion to a large saucepan or Dutch oven. Add 10 ounces of the goat cheese (reserving about 2 ounces), the evaporated milk, .⁄4 cup water, garlic powder, salt, white pepper, and Maggi Jugo. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
- Pour into a blender and let cool for 10 minutes. Blend until smooth, then strain through a sieve.
- Return the mixture to the pot and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes.
- Set 6 to 8 shrimp aside for garnish. Stir the rest of the shrimp into the sauce and cook over low heat until warmed through, about 5 minutes.
- To make the cabbage cups, cut the cabbage head in half vertically from the stem to the crown. Cut the core out of both halves of the cabbage, then cut the halves vertically
- down the middle. Separate the cabbage leaves and wash them well before filling.
- Fill the cabbage cups with shrimp mixture and garnish each with a shrimp piece. Crumble the remaining 2 ounces goat cheese over the top.
Naturopath Dr. Elizabeth Yarnell join us this week to talk about inflammation, multiple sclerosis and autoimmunity. She shares her message of personal empowerment through awareness of the influence of inflammation in our bodies and how to achieve a healthy and highly functional state of being.
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Belinda Smith-Sullivan is with us this week to talk brunch!
You can get her new book, Let’s Brunch, on Amazon.
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Get her recipes featured in the December issue of Better Homes & Gardens:
Grapefruit, Champagne & Vodka Spritz
Fried Green Tomatillos with Aioli
Black Eyed Peas Succotash
Roasted Pulled Pork on Cheesy Grits Cakes with Collards
Buttermilk Caramel Cake
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Aging can’t be avoided but it can be easier. Pat Greenberg is back with simple suggestions to help us gracefully slide into our later years.
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Denise talks about her exciting new project! Follow us at The Food Stylist’s Handbook Fanpage on Facebook or join our Group to stay up-to-date on our classes!
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The accidental chaplain, Bonnie Lester is with us. She tells us about her incredible journey from social worker to computer programmer to police chaplain to jewelry maker, all while dealing with complex regional pain syndrome and getting off of pain meds. Her story is an incredible one! She is committed to providing hope through her stories and we thank her for it!
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This week Denise reads a true story she calls Candles Blazing, about an extraordinary occurrence at a celebrity party. Do you have a great story to tell? Shoot us an email; we’d love to hear it! Be a guest on an upcoming episode! Visit our Facebook Page or join our Group for a chance to win books from our guests and other lovely prizes! (Links below.)
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Pat Greenberg just passed that milestone 60th birthday and is back with us to talk about how to be your best you. And not taking sh*t from anyone anymore!
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Kathy Hester gives us tips for improving our videos. Whether it’s taped or Facebook Live, her advice will keep you company on your path to video success! Kathy is a cookbook author, teacher and coach extraordinaire!
Kathy’s Top 10 Tips for the Shy and Reluctant
- Let go of being perfect. If it can happen, it will happen. Remember, you have guests, and they are on your side!
- Make a private FB group to practice in.
- Ask a friend to help you with camera placement and lightening (in your private fb group).
- Progress NOT perfection.
- Look through the camera not to the camera.
- You are inviting people into your home so act like it! Make them comfortable.
- You don’t have to start with the hardest thing for you to teach. People want to know how to do simple things.
- Start with Facebook lives in your private group or page because they are a warm audience.
- Embrace your mistakes and use them as teaching tools.
- Practice and then practice some more. Try going live every day for 7 days and get a lot of the mistakes out of the way faster!
Keep up with Kathy and get info on her classes on her website and on private coaching. Learn to promote yourself! Buy any or all of Kathy’s 10 books on Amazon. Read her blogs, Plant-Based Instapot and Healthy Slow Cooking and follow her on Facebook.
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Stella Fong talks to us about paying attention to the shiny bits! Stella is a food writer and host of the public radio show Flavors Under the Big Sky. She's with us today to chat about her unplanned journey into the world of food, wine and Billings, Montana.
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Our pal Pat Greenberg is back with us to talk about self-care during the pandemic.
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We are rebroadcasting one of our listener favorites this week because Denise and Cindie are too busy dancing in the streets to get it together for a new episode. We'll be here next week with a new one!
Dianne Jacob is a writing coach who helps people get their cookbooks published. She has a degree in journalism and worked as a writer, editor and reporter for decades. In 1996 Dianne launched her coaching and writing business. The book proposals she’s worked on have resulted in book deals with Chronicle Books, Ten Speed Press, Simon & Schuster, Rizzoli and other prestigious publishers. She is the author of the multiple award-wining how-to book, Will Write for Food: The Complete Guide to Writing Cookbooks, Blogs, Memoir, Recipes and More. She also co-wrote two cookbooks with a chef. She has a free newsletter about food writing trends. Sign up at ww.diannej.com/newsletter. Follow her on Instagram as @diannemjacob and on Twitter as @diannej. Fine out more about Dianne on her website. Find Dianne’s books on her Amazon page.
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The Grand Dame herself, Anne Willan joins us this week to tell us about her new book, Women in the Kitchen. She reminisces about the old days at Greenbriar and gives advice to new cookbook authors.
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Just when you think you’re safe, that’s when life throws you a curve ball! Denise reads her story about just this kind of surprise, Layers of Wedding Cake.
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This week we talk with Linda Harris. Linda calls herself a crazy woman but she’s not, she’s fearless and talented and a bright and shining light. In her “retirement” she’s become a jazz singer and songwriter, and is the force behind We Walk With Harriet and Camp Harriet.
Show links: Join in the Camp Harriet Facebook page and the We Walk With Harriet group. Listen to Shaking off the Dust, we guarantee it’ll brighten up your day! For more information visit Linda’s website, and on Instagram.
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This week Denise chats with gifted chef and storyteller Martha Foose, author of Screen Doors and Sweet Tea and A Good Meal is Hard to Find, her newest collaboration with artist Amy Evans.
Show links: Buy Martha’s books on Amazon. See more about Martha on her website. Follow her on Instagram and Facebook.
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Liz Pollock, author of The Lost Restaurants of Santa Cruz County, is back with us to discuss the importance of restaurants in the life of communities.
Show links: Buy Liz’s book or shop at Liz’s online bookstore The Cooks Bookcase. Find her on Facebook or see her Wiki page.
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Adrian Lipscombe, chef-owner of the Uptowne Café and Bakery in La Crosse, Wisconsin is with us today to talk about her project 40 Acres and a Mule.
Show links: Read the Huffington Post article. Visit Adrian’s Kickstarter project. Follow the project on Facebook. See her info on Linktr.ee. Follow her project on Instagram. See her incredible creations on Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/1708320746101645/uptowne-cafe/
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This week Denise reads a true story from her book, The Entertaining Encyclopedia, about a catering mishap. Do you have a great story to tell? Shoot us an email; we’d love to hear it! Be a guest on an upcoming episode! Visit our Facebook Page or join our Group for a chance to win books from our guests and other lovely prizes!
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We are rebroadcasting one of our listener-favorites this week! Denise chats with Rhonda Vilardo and Coleen Kirnan about dramatically changing careers. They tell us about running Tuscan Women Cook, about the joys of hosting guests in Montefollonico, Italy, a small Tuscan village filled with history, culture and wonderful cooks. And…exciting news since we last talked to them…their beautiful cookbook is out!
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Recipes: https://tuscanwomencook.com/featured-recipe-of-the-month/
Buy the book: https://tuscanwomencook.com/classes/cookbook-paperback/
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This week Liz Pollock joins Denise to talk about cocktails and her career as a bartender. Liz is the author of The Lost Restaurants of Santa Cruz County.
Show links: Buy Liz’s book or shop at Liz’s online bookstore The Cooks Bookcase. Find her on Facebook or see her Wiki page.
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This week Grace Young joins Denise to talk about her oral history collaboration with Poster House, Coronavirus: Chinatown Stories, documenting the impact of COVID-19 on Manhattan’s Chinatown. Grace is the author of three award-winning cookbooks, including The Breath of the Wok. See more about Grace on the links below.
Show links: Find out more about Grace on her website. See Coronavirus: Chinatown Stories, Poster House, theWebby Awarded nominated Wok Therapist, Stir-Frying to the Sky’s Edge, The Breath of a Wok, The Breath of a Wokvideo, The Wisdon of the Chinese Kitchen, Wok Wednesdays: an online stir-fry wok cooking group, and Blueprint: The Art of Stir-Frying online class.
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Denise talks with Rachel Kaplan, owner of Oh La La! France Wedding Planner and travel guide author. A former New Yorker, Rachel has lived in France for 26 years. She is currently working on her first novel. Find out more about Rachel in the links below.
Show links: Rachel has many irons in the fire! Visit her websites, France Wedding Planner, French Links, European Jewish Tours, and French Chic Shopping. You can find Rachel’s books in the Little-Known Museums series Paris, Rome,Berlin and London on Amazon. Best Buys to French Chic can be purchased here.
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and on Instagram at New Women's Manifesto https://www.instagram.com/newwomensmanifesto/
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Wherein Julie and Denise discuss gallstones, the pandemic and masks.
Show links: Find out more about Julie on her blog. Follow her on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.
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Denise chats with The Little Kitchen’s Julie Tran Deily about being your own health advocate.
Show links: Read Julie’s blog posts What would you do if your doctor told you had active tuberculosis? Part 1 and Part 2.
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Things get political in part 2 of Denise’s chat with Nancie McDermott. Join us on our trip!
Show links: Find out more about Nancie on her website. Connect on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Get her books on Amazon.
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Denise chats with food writer and cooking teacher Nancie McDermott about her passion for making a mess in the kitchen. Her most recent book is Fruit: A Savor the South Cookbook.
Show links: Find out more about Nancie on her website. Connect on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Get her books on Amazon.
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David Leite, founder of the James Beard Award-winning website, Leite’s Culinaria, memoirist, author, writer and podcaster talks with Denise about personal journeys.
Show links: Listen to David’s podcast Talking with my Mouth Full. Connect with him on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest. Find his memoir, Notes on a Banana, and his cookbook, The New Portuguese Table, on Amazon.
Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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Denise talks with the Make Meaning Movement founder Lynne Golodner. The Make Meaning Podcast launched in 2018, but its origins began more than two decades earlier, when Lynne began writing about how people find meaning in the mundane.
An award-winning journalist, Fulbright Specialist, author and poet, Lynne was particularly fascinated by stories of how people bounce back from tragedy and discover life-affirming fascination and joy in unexpected places. She wrote about a mother gardening lavender as a way to recover from her daughter’s tragic death. She wrote about how the smooth strokes of sunrise-drenched rowers can be an invigorating way to begin a new day. She wrote about the rebirth of her beloved Detroit and how bread is a unifying element connecting all communities.
Show links:
Find out more about Lynne on her Make Meaning website and on your:people.
Follow her on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. Listen to the first episode of her podcast.
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Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint to the topics she discusses with her guests. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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During these rough times of pandemic self-isolation and coronavirus fear, our friend Patti Londre suggested she entertain us with something really different – how to be an actor with no talent required. Of course, right now, everything is on hold. But let’s talk about what Background Acting has entailed in the past and what direction it may be headed in when production starts up again.
Patti has been a business owner and entrepreneur throughout her career. She ran a successful boutique public relations agency for 25 years, retired from that and then reinvented herself in the early days of blogging by creating one of the first national conferences for food bloggers. She dallied in being fully retired for at least a dozen years, and during that time had a lot of fun in an evolving array of Hobby Jobs (also known as being a volunteer). When a fashion photographer suggested she look into silver modeling (as in shiny gray-haired lady), her ego fluffed up again. That panned out to zero but lead her to a VERY LA job…background acting in TV series, movies and commercials!
Show links: Los Angeles Central Casting Quilts from the Heart
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Diane and Denise talk about having less time and energy to do stuff they don’t really want to do. And making cow art.
Women Beyond a Certain Age, aa award-winning weekly podcast by Denise Vivaldo and Diane Worthington, wherein they bring their own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoints to the topics they discuss. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
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Denise talks with her friend, writing coach extraordinaire Dianne Jacobs.
Dianne Jacob is a writing coach who helps people get their cookbooks published. She has a degree in journalism and worked as a writer, editor and reporter for decades. In 1996 Dianne launched her coaching and writing business. The book proposals she’s worked on have resulted in book deals with Chronicle Books, Ten Speed Press, Simon & Schuster, Rizzoli and other prestigious publishers. She is the author of the multiple award-wining how-to book, Will Write for Food: The Complete Guide to Writing Cookbooks, Blogs, Memoir, Recipes and More. She also co-wrote two cookbooks with a chef. She has a free newsletter about food writing trends. Sign up at ww.diannej.com/newsletter. Follow her on Instagram as @diannemjacob and on Twitter as @diannej. Fine out more about Dianne on her website. Find Dianne’s books on her Amazon page.
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In this rebroadcast from July 7, 2019, Diane and Denise talk about food icons and mentors who left us recently--Leah Chase, Maida Heatter and Molly O’Neill.
Leah Chase’s books. Maida Heatter’s books. Molly O’Neill’s books.
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The gals continue their talk with Liz Thompson about her long career in food, her tenacity and her ability to reinvent herself.
Find out more about Liz on her website.
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Denise talks about writing memoirs and what her plan B is when things don’t go as planned.
Women Beyond a Certain Age is a weekly podcast by Denise Vivaldo and Diane Worthington. They bring their own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoints to the topics they discuss. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
Show links: Martha Hopkins, agent extraordinaire. Dianne Jacob, author of Will Write for Food. Elissa Altman, writer extraordinaire.
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The gals talk with Liz Thompson about her long career in food, her tenacity and her ability to reinvent herself.
Find out more about Liz on her website.
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In this rebroadcast from May 12, 2019, Denise tells us about her trip to London, her visit with Anne Willan and roasting a chicken with her mentor and idol. Correction Corner: Willem Dafoe plays Van Gogh in the film At Eternity’s Gate, not William Devane. It’s an absolutely stunning movie and you should definitely watch it.
Women Beyond a Certain Age is a weekly podcast by Denise Vivaldo and Diane Worthington. They bring their own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoints to the topics they discuss. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
Links to the things mentioned on this episode:
Anne Willan’s books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Anne-Willan/e/B000APAA8W?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1556820322&sr=8-1
John and Norma’s Homestay B&B: http://www.74coniston.com/
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Diane is an expert on California and American cuisine. She is the author of over 20 cookbooks and has twice won the James Beard Award. She is a nationally syndicated food columnist and an award-winning radio show host. You can find out more about her at: https://seriouslysimplefood.com Her books are on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/Diane-Rossen-Worthington/e/B000APOMUE/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1546204440&sr=8-1
Denise is an award-winning food stylist and author of The Food Stylist's Handbook as well as 8 other books. She also blogs for the Huffington Post. You can find out more about her at: https://denisevivaldo.com Her books are on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1546204547&sr=1-1
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Diane talks with the author of The Last Night on the Titanic, Veronica Hinke.
Get Veronica’s book. Follow Veronica on Twitter @FoodStringer See more about Veronica’s on her website. Read her article below!
In These Uncertain dDays, Inspiring Stories from the Titanic by Veronica Hinke
A video of violinists wearing life jackets in the toilet paper aisle of a grocery store went viral on St. Patrick’s Day. As disheartening as it is that a parody was made out of the incredible story of the men who performed on deck of the Titanic as she sunk on April 14, 1912, the video, which has been watched by millions now, is still a sharp reminder to us of the many courageous people who stayed strong in the face of uncertainty. In the case of the Titanic band, survivors said that the band played Autumn, Lead Kindly Light and more for as long as they could.
“We’re just going to play a little bit to lift people’s spirits,” Titanic First Violinist John (“Jock”) Hume said to his friend Stewardess Violet Jessop – with his violin in tow – as he bumped into her in his scuttle up the narrow stairwell to the boat deck where he was to meet his fellow bandmates.
Nine weeks after the sinking, second class passenger Lawrence Beesley published his account of that last night aboard the Titanic. It was titled The Loss of the S.S. Titanic. Beesley recalled: “Many brave things were done that night, but none were more brave than those done by men playing minute after minute as the ship settled quietly lower and lower in the sea. The music they played served alike as their own immortal requiem and their right to be recalled on the scrolls of undying fame.”
Their story still resonates loudly. Three years ago, the violin that band master Wallace Hartley was playing that night sold at auction for $1.7 million dollars.
When I wrote The Last Night on The Titanic (Regnery, 2019) – fumbling between the sudden, unexplained death of my 74-year-old mother and my own surgeries and treatments for triple negative breast cancer – my motivation to keep going was to further the stories of so many brave people.
Mr. Rogers said his mother told him: “Fred, in times of trouble, look for the helpers; there will always be helpers.” Aboard the Titanic, the helpers rose up out of unimaginable circumstances. Their stories are powerful lessons for us during these uncertain days, and always.
Margaret (“Molly”) Brown
In the Titanic lifeboats and even in years after the disaster, one of the most remarkable of the helpers was Margaret (“Molly”) Brown. In August 1987, about 453 miles south of Newfoundland, a diver found a gold nugget necklace. Some believe the necklace belonged to Molly. She was a first class Titanic passenger with a rags-to-riches story. As a little girl growing up in Hannibal, Missouri, Molly helped support her family by stripping tobacco leaves. Her father was an Irish immigrant ditch digger, and Molly married a man who worked in the silver mines. He struck gold shortly into their marriage, making them incredibly wealthy overnight, however Molly always said: “I’d rather marry a poor man that I love than a rich man that I didn’t.”
At the storied Brown Palace Hotel in Denver, Molly is still known for having “a heart as big as a ham,” which is how she was described in one of the movies that told about her life. For many years, she handed out Christmas gifts, in person, to every housemaid, bellman, doorman and server at the hotel, where she stayed and held press conferences after she survived the Titanic. Margaret even got the Brown Palace Hotel staff a little Christmas tree for the front desk. She held fundraisers there for some of the causes she helped with, including Catholic Charities and the Dumb Friends League, a non-profit animal shelter and humane society. In 1900, she and Benjamin Guggenheim, who was also aboard the Titanic, provided a full holiday banquet at the hotel for 1,500 of Denver’s less fortunate.
In Titanic lifeboat 6, Molly persisted in her care for others. There was tension between Molly and Titanic quartermaster Robert Hichens. Hichens was steering the ship when it hit the iceberg, and Molly would later identify him as a “bully” in the lifeboat. They fought over his reluctancy to pick up more passengers. However, she kept her focus while in the lifeboat, and managed to help women stay warm by encouraging them to row.
Once finally aboard the rescue ship Carpathia, Margaret distributed food, handed out cups of drinks, and passed out blanket after blanket. While still on board, she organized a fund drive for those who would be most in need when they reached New York City. The Survivor’s Committee raised nearly $10,000. Today, this would be worth almost $250,000.
Unable to testify in the U.S. Senate hearings, because she was a woman, she persisted in doing whatever she could. She helped establish the Titanic Memorial in Washington, D.C. and galvanized others in the fight for workers’ rights, women’s rights and education. She worked to start the first juvenile court and helped organize the National American Women’s Suffrage Association. Even before the Nineteenth Amendment, Margaret ran for office— for a seat in the Colorado state Senate in 1901, and in 1914, two years after surviving the Titanic, for a seat in the U.S. Senate.
Margaret organized an international women’s rights conference in Newport, Rhode Island in 1914 and started a support branch for relief for soldiers in France during WWI. She persisted in benevolent work until her death from an aneurism in the Barbizon Hotel in New York City in October 1932.
Charles Joughin
In movies about the Titanic, head baker Charles Joughin is depicted as drinking heavily during the sinking. In the James Cameron movie, Charles holds onto the railing with one hand and takes a swig from his flask with the other. Weeks after the Titanic sank, Joughin told British inquiry officials that, at one point, he went down to his bunk to “have a nip.” He also told them what happened beforehand.
After he led his crew in stocking the lifeboats with loaves of bread, Charles went up to the boat deck and assisted with loading lifeboats. Having worked on ships since he was a little boy, he knew his disaster checklist well. On the Thursday before the disaster, right after he boarded, he noted his lifeboat assignment for the trip. Lifeboat 10. But after he helped fill up his assigned lifeboat someone else was assigned to board it as crew and row it. Even though this was Charles’ job to do, he was not given the direction to board. When he realized that he would not have a spot in a lifeboat, he went down to his bunk for a nip. But afterward, Charles came back up to the boat deck, and he noticed the deck chairs. The heavy wooden chairs might be enough to hold people up, he thought. He threw as many as he could of the enormously heavy chairs up high and into the ocean – far enough away from the ship to hopefully avoid the suction that would occur when she went completely under. Charles threw many so there might be enough for everyone. He used strength that he knew he would likely need later in the water.
Through a string of miracles, Charles survived the sinking of the Titanic. Back at home, he continued to consider the needs of others. He rarely talked about the Titanic, and when he did, he turned his story into a whimsical tale to shield the children – for whom he relished in making Christening cakes, chocolate eclairs and more – from the reality of his experiences. “I knew it was an iceberg,” he told the children, “because I saw a polar bear, and he waved at me.”
Charles went back to life at sea, the only life he’d ever known, and even survived another historic maritime accident: He was the baker aboard the SS Congress when it caught fire in Coos Bay, Oregon, on Thursday, September 14, 1916. Charles lived until 1956 in Paterson, New Jersey.
Edith Rosenbaum Russell
Edith Rosenbaum Russell was traveling aboard the Titanic in first class on her way to New York City from Paris. Thirty-three and as fit as a gazelle, Edith was one of the most fabulously glamorous women in the world, and she covered all the latest fashion news for Women’s Wear Daily. Beautiful, stunning Edith was the inspiration to young girls everywhere with her career as fashion buyer for some of the most stylish stores in the United States. Edith had just completed the coveted assignment of reporting the Easter Sunday fashions in Paris. Edith’s father was an incredibly wealthy man who ran department stores, where people bought capes, cloaks and coats, (some made from seal hide), cheviot suit jackets and more.
A few months before the Titanic, in August 1911, Edith had only narrowly escaped death in a horrific automobile accident near Rouen, France. “I’m accident prone,” she quipped. “I’ve been in shipwrecks, car crashes, fires, floods, and tornadoes. I’ve had every disaster but bubonic plague and a husband.”
On April 14, here she was again, facing the possibility of death. When she climbed into Titanic lifeboat 11, she left 19 trunks back in her cabin. But she kept one thing with her: a music box in the shape of a pig. When you wound the pig’s tail, it played the song of the maxixe (a Brazilian dance tune). To reassure the children in her lifeboat, Edith wound and rewound the pig’s tail all night long, cold night – so dark that occasionally the tip of a rope was lit so passengers could see who was right next to them.
Edith’s bravery in the iceberg-covered waters of the Atlantic in the wee hours of April 15, 1912 reminded me of Dina Babbitt’s selfless bravery at Auschwitz when she mustered enough strength to painstakingly decorate a wall with cheerful scenes of Disney’s Snow White. Dina survived Auschwitz, went on to work as an illustrator with Disney in California – and married co-worker Art Babbitt, the man who created Disney’s “Goofy.” Edith lived until April 4, 1975. When she passed away in London, her musical pig was still with her.
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Denise and Diane talk about letting yourself off the hook in this rebroadcast from April 4, 2019.
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Cookbook author and professional food writer Dave Joachim discusses bread with Denise. Are you making bread during this difficult time? Dave’s advice: You got this!
See more about Dave on his website. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @davejoachim and on Facebook @joachimcooks Mastering Bread can be pre-ordered on Amazon. We’ll be giving away a copy of his extremely popular The Food Substitutions Bible. If you want to order a copy for yourself you can get it on Amazon.
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Diane Worthington, host and producer. Diane’s books on Amazon. Denise Vivaldo, host and producer. Denise’s books on Amazon. All other hats worn by Cindie Flannigan. See Cindie’s work here.
CBD oil and its magical properties are discussed in this rebroadcast from March 31, 2019.
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Diane is an expert on California and American cuisine. She is the author of over 20 cookbooks and has twice won the James Beard Award. She is a nationally syndicated food columnist and an award-winning radio show host. You can find out more about her at: https://seriouslysimplefood.com Her books are on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/Diane-Rossen-Worthington/e/B000APOMUE/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1546204440&sr=8-1
Denise is an award-winning food stylist and author of The Food Stylist's Handbook as well as 8 other books. She also blogs for the Huffington Post. You can find out more about her at: https://denisevivaldo.com Her books are on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1546204547&sr=1-1
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Pat Greenberg tells Denise about her journey through the coronavirus and out the other side.
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Denise and Diane talk comfort food. Read down for their recipes!
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Denise’s Spaghetti Sauce Makes 6 servings
Ingredients: 1 lb ground turkey or beef 2 Tbsp olive oil 1 medium onion, chopped ½ tsp dried oregano 2 cloves garlic, chopped 1 (28-ounce) San Marzano whole or diced tomatoes 2 cups dry red wine 2 Tbsp fresh basil leaves, chopped Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Directions: 1. Sauté turkey or beef in a large skillet over high heat until browned. Transfer to a plate with a slotted spoon, discard any fat left in the skillet. 2. Place olive oil the same skillet over medium high heat, add onion and oregano, sauté 5-7 minutes until golden, add garlic, sauté 1 minute more. 3. Break up tomatoes with your hands (if using whole), add to onion mixture; add wine. Return turkey or beef to skillet, stirring to combine. 4. Let cook 2-2½ hours. 5. Remove from heat and stir in basil. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper.
Diane’s Chicken and Leek Soup with Matzo Balls Serves 6 to 8
Feeling like a cold or flu may be coming your way? Try this magical potion that some consider to be better than medicine. This is the dish to have on days when you just need a cup of comfort. Serve it as a main dish for lunch or dinner.
The soup is made in two stages: some of the vegetables are used to prepare the chicken broth and then strained out; fresh vegetables are added to the stock and simmered until just cooked through. The two-step process both flavors the soup and results in vegetables that are perfectly cooked. The leeks add an usual and pleasing addition. You can purchase schmaltz in the freezer section of the supermarket or make it yourself, or substitute vegetable oil.
Soup 1 4- to 5-pound roasting chicken, cut into serving pieces 4 cups chicken broth 8 cups water 2 medium onions, finely chopped 8 carrots, peeled, 4 cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices; 4 cut into 3-by-1/2-inch-thick strips 3 parsnips, peeled, 1 cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices; 2 cut into 3-by-1/2-inch-thick strips 2 stalks celery, cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices 1 bunch fresh dill, leaves plucked and coarsely chopped Salt and freshly ground black pepper 6 leeks, white and light green parts only, cleaned and left whole 3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley
Matzo Balls 1/4 cup rendered chicken fat (schmaltz) or vegetable oil 4 large eggs, lightly beaten 1 cup matzo meal 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1/4 cup seltzer or other sparkling water
Garnish 3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley 1. Place the chicken in a large soup pot, add the broth and water, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Skim the soup. Add the onions, sliced carrots, and parsnip, celery, and dill. Reduce the heat and simmer for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, or until the chicken is cooked and the soup is full flavored, skim periodically. Season with salt and pepper. 2. Strain the soup through a large strainer into another pot. Remove the chicken and discard the cooked vegetables. Remove the chicken meat from the bones, discarding the skin and any cartilage, and tear the chicken into bite-sized pieces. Cover and refrigerate. 3. Add the leeks and the remaining carrots and parsnips to the soup, adjust the seasoning, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat and simmer for 30 to 45 minutes, or until the leeks are tender. Add the parsley and reserved chicken. Let cool then refrigerate, covered, for at least 8 hours, or overnight. 4. About 1 hour before serving, make the matzo balls: In a medium bowl, whisk together the schmaltz or oil and eggs. In another small bowl, mix the matzo meal and salt together. Add the matzo meal to the eggs and mix well. Add the seltzer and mix until smooth. Cover and refrigerate for 20 minutes. 5. Bring a large pot of water to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat, and drop matzo balls approximately 1 1/2 inches in diameter into the barely simmering water. Cover and cook for 20 to 30 minutes, or until the matzo balls are cooked through. With a slotted spoon, transfer the matzo balls to a bowl. 6. To serve, remove the fat layer from the soup and reheat the soup over medium heat until hot. Add the matzo balls and cook for 3 to 5 minutes, or just until heated through. 7. Ladle the soup and matzo balls into large bowls, and garnish with the parsley. Advance Preparation: The soup may be made up to 2 days ahead. The matzo balls can be made up to 4 hours ahead, covered, and left at room temperature.
Denise and Diane talk about coping strategies and share input from friends, listeners, and the folks at Kitchen Quarantine.
Ten Percent Happier is a book, a podcast and an app by Dan Harris.
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On Wednesdays for the next few weeks we'll be posting some of our favorite episodes from the past. This episode won us a TASTE Award for best lifestyle podcast of 2019! Enjoy!
Diane and Denise talk bucket list trips and going to Africa.
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Links to things discussed on this episode:
US citizens can apply for Global Entry for expedited clearance through border security at https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/global-entry/how-apply
Do you need shots before you travel? Check on it here https://www.cdc.gov/features/vaccines-travel/index.html
The Royal Malewane Hotel https://www.theroyalportfolio.com/royal-malewane/overview/
Kruger National Park http://www.krugerpark.co.za
The Farmstead https://www.theroyalportfolio.com/blog/introducing-the-farmstead-at-royal-malewane/
The Silo Hotel https://www.theroyalportfolio.com/the-silo/overview/
The Granary Cafe https://www.theroyalportfolio.com/the-silo/experiences/at/the-granary-cafe/
Cape Town Visitor’s Guide https://www.capetown.travel
Nelson Mandela Musuem https://www.nelsonmandelamuseum.org.za
Apartheid Museum https://www.apartheidmuseum.org
Victoria Falls https://victoriafallstourism.org
If you are an alumni of Cal Berkeley consider joining one of their trips https://alumni.berkeley.edu/travel/cal-discoveries
Gotham Bar & Grill https://www.gothambarandgrill.com
Tootsie https://www.tootsiemusical.com/?gclid=CjwKCAjw8qjnBRA-EiwAaNvhwIBoX7tBTGtv32LT_Ojcsi0XJoEljlOmSWthtfmFJ8ac5JnW9pSfIBoCzNoQAvD_BwE
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Diane is an expert on California and American cuisine. She is the author of over 20 cookbooks and has twice won the James Beard Award. She is a nationally syndicated food columnist and an award-winning radio show host. You can find out more about her at: https://seriouslysimplefood.com Her books are on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/Diane-Rossen-Worthington/e/B000APOMUE/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1546204440&sr=8-1
Denise is an award-winning food stylist and author of The Food Stylist's Handbook as well as 8 other books. She speaks and teaches and wanders globe. She also blogs for the Huffington Post. You can find out more about her at: https://denisevivaldo.com Her books are on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/Denise-Vivaldo/e/B001K8QNRA/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1546204547&sr=1-1
Podcast credits: Cindie Flannigan does everything technical and internet-related. You can find out more about her at: https://denisevivaldogroup.com/team/ or https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindie-flannigan-27a29a133/
Denise sends voice memos from her last food styling job, a satellite media tour in Pixley, California. See Denise’s photos on our Facebook page!
A satellite media tour (an SMT) is a series of TV, radio and online interviews conducted in a single day from a single location remotely connected live via satellite. Typically, about 3 dozen interviews are scheduled, starting with morning shows on the east coast and working their way west.
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Women Beyond a Certain Age is a weekly podcast by Denise Vivaldo and Diane Worthington. They bring their own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoints to the topics they discuss. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
Diane Worthington, host and producer. Diane’s books on Amazon. Denise Vivaldo, host and producer. Denise’s books on Amazon. All other hats worn by Cindie Flannigan. See Cindie’s work here.
Denise and Diane discuss the coronavirus.
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Women Beyond a Certain Age is a weekly podcast by Denise Vivaldo and Diane Worthington. They bring their own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoints to the topics they discuss. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
Diane Worthington, host and producer. Diane’s books on Amazon. Denise Vivaldo, host and producer. Denise’s books on Amazon. All other hats worn by Cindie Flannigan. See Cindie’s work here.
Denise and Diane discuss feeling invisible and devalued.
Read Here’s the Real Reason Older Women Don’t Want to Be Invisible by Ann Brenoff
Get Disrupt Aging by Jo Ann Jenkins, CEO or AARP.
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Women Beyond a Certain Age is a weekly podcast by Denise Vivaldo and Diane Worthington. They bring their own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoints to the topics they discuss. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
Diane Worthington, host and producer. Diane’s books on Amazon. Denise Vivaldo, host and producer. Denise’s books on Amazon. All other hats worn by Cindie Flannigan. See Cindie’s work here.
Denise and Diane discuss loneliness and how they deal with it as they get older.
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Women Beyond a Certain Age is a weekly podcast by Denise Vivaldo and Diane Worthington. They bring their own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoints to the topics they discuss. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
Diane Worthington, host and producer. Diane’s books on Amazon. Denise Vivaldo, host and producer. Denise’s books on Amazon. All other hats worn by Cindie Flannigan. See Cindie’s work here.
Denise and Diane continue their conversation with the author of My Kitchen Wars and Eat Live Love Die: Selected Essays, Betty Fussell.
Get her books!
Read Betty Fussell is Fierce, Funny and Frank by Kelly Grogan.
Get information on the Santa Barbara Culinary Experience, March 13-15, 2020.
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Women Beyond a Certain Age is a weekly podcast by Denise Vivaldo and Diane Worthington. They bring their own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoints to the topics they discuss. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women.
Diane Worthington, host and producer. Diane’s books on Amazon. Denise Vivaldo, host and producer. Denise’s books on Amazon. All other hats worn by Cindie Flannigan. See Cindie’s work here.