Belinda Smith-Sullivan is with us this week to talk brunch! You can get her new book, Let’s Brunch, on Amazon . Follow Chef Belinda on Instagram @chefbelindaspices or see what she’s up to on chefbelindaspices.com 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 Women Beyond a Certain Age i...
Jan 24, 2021•31 min•Season 3Ep. 125
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. Visit Patricia’s website and buy her books on Amazon . Spring Step Shoes can be found here . 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. Visi...
Jan 17, 2021•34 min•Season 3Ep. 124
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! 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 ...
Jan 10, 2021•16 min•Season 3Ep. 123
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! Follow Bonnie on Instagram . Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own l...
Jan 03, 2021•30 min•Season 3Ep. 122
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.) Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoint...
Dec 20, 2020•6 min•Season 3Ep. 121
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! Visit Patricia’s website and see her books on Amazon . Find out more about forest bathing at Nature and Forest Therapy’s website . Join our community , get links to past episodes , or drop us a line ! Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast with Denise Vivaldo. She brings her own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoin...
Dec 13, 2020•30 min•Season 3Ep. 120
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 gro...
Dec 06, 2020•34 min•Season 3Ep. 119
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. Follow Stella on Facebook and Instagram . Buy her book and listen to her radio show ! 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 to...
Nov 29, 2020•32 min•Season 3Ep. 118
Our pal Pat Greenberg is back with us to talk about self-care during the pandemic. Visit Pat’s website or see her books on Amazon . Join our community , get links to past episodes , or drop us a line ! 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...
Nov 15, 2020•35 min•Season 3Ep. 116
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 Chr...
Nov 07, 2020•33 min•Season 3Ep. 115
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. Find Anne’s books 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. Visit our...
Nov 01, 2020•33 min•Season 3Ep. 114
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. 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 ...
Oct 25, 2020•7 min•Ep. 113
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 . Wo...
Oct 18, 2020•30 min•Season 3Ep. 112
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 . 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. ...
Sep 27, 2020•21 min•Season 3Ep. 109
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 . 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 ...
Sep 20, 2020•27 min•Season 3Ep. 108
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/ Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly p...
Sep 13, 2020•27 min•Season 3Ep. 107
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! 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 discusse...
Aug 30, 2020•7 min•Season 3Ep. 105
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! COLEEN & RHONDA’S LINKS Website: https://tuscanwomencook.com Instagram: https://www.ins...
Aug 23, 2020•20 min•Season 2Ep. 104
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 . 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-rangi...
Aug 16, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 103
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 ...
Aug 09, 2020•28 min•Season 2Ep. 102
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...
Aug 02, 2020•23 min•Season 2Ep. 101
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 . 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 ...
Jul 19, 2020•28 min•Season 2Ep. 99
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 . Find out more about Julie on her blog . Follow her on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter and Pinterest . 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...
Jul 12, 2020•45 min•Season 2Ep. 98
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 . 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 ...
Jul 05, 2020•26 min•Season 2Ep. 97
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 . 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...
Jun 28, 2020•32 min•Season 2Ep. 96
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 liv...
Jun 21, 2020•32 min•Season 2Ep. 95
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...
May 31, 2020•25 min•Season 2Ep. 91
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 re...
May 24, 2020•41 min•Season 2Ep. 90
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. Visit our podcast website , join our Facebook Group and like our Page , listen to all our past episodes , fo...
May 20, 2020•27 min
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...
May 17, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 89
