Tuscan Women Cook
August 23, 2020
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This week Denise chats with Rhonda Vilardo and Coleen Kirnan about dramatically changing careers. They tell us about running Tuscan Women Cook and about the joys of hosting guests in Montefollonico, Italy, a small Tuscan village filled with history, culture and wonderful cooks. Find out more about their programs in the show links and do some post-pandemic dreaming!
Show links: Find out more about Tuscan Women Cook on their website. See get their recipes (especially the Tuscan Apple Cake recipe!). Follow them on Instagram and Facebook.
Liz Pollock on Cocktails
August 16, 2020
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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.
The Amazing Grace Young
August 9, 2020
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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. Grace currently serves on the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History’s Kitchen Cabinet.
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.
Rachel Kaplan, Our Parisian Connection
August 2, 2020
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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.
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. Follow Rachel on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/rachel.kaplan.946
and on Instagram at New Women's Manifesto https://www.instagram.com/newwomensmanifesto/
The Grand Dame Herself, Nathalie Dupree!
July 26, 2020
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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.”
Show links: Visit Nathalie’s website, contact Nathalie, buy her latest book, and read At Home with Nathalie Dupree in The Local Palate.
Julie Tran Deily, Part 2
July 19, 2020
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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.
Being Your Own Health Advocate with Julie Tran Deily
July 12, 2020
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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.
Nancie McDermott, Part 2
July 5, 2020
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Things get political in Part 2 of our 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.
Nancie McDermott, Part 1
June 28, 2020
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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.
David Leite on Writing Notes on a Banana
June 21, 2020
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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.
Cheryl Alters Jamison, Q Expert!
June 14, 2020
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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.
Jess Ponce, Media Coach Extraordinaire! Part 2
June 8, 2020
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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: Find out more about Jess on his website. Connect with Jess on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagramand YouTube.
Jess Ponce, Media Coach Extraordinaire! Part 1
June 7, 2020
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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: Find out more about Jess on his website. Connect with Jess on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagramand YouTube.
Lynne Golodner and the Make Meaning Movement
May 31, 2020
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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.
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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.
Adventures in Central Casting with Patti Londre
April 24, 2020
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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!
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Los Angeles Central Casting
Quilts from the Heart
Writing Memoirs with Dianne Jacob
May 17, 2020
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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.
Show links: She has a truly wonderful 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.
The Unsinkable Liz Thompson, Part 2
May 10, 2020
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The ladies continue their talk with Liz Thompson about her long career in food, her tenacity and her ability to reinvent herself.
Show links: Find out more about Liz on her website.
The Unsinkable Liz Thompson, Part 1
May 3, 2020
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The gals talk with Liz Thompson about her long career in food, her tenacity and her ability to reinvent herself.
Show links: Find out more about Liz on her website.
It's the Last Night on the Titanic!
April 26, 2020
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Veronica Hinke, author of The Last Night on the Titanic, chats with us about lessons learned from another great disaster.
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Get Veronica’s book.
Follow Veronica on Twitter @FoodStringer
See more about Veronica’s on her website.
Dave Joachim Talks Bread!
April 19, 2020
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Cookbook author and professional food writer David Joachim discusses bread with Denise. Are you making bread? Dave's advice: You got this!
Show links:
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.
Pat's Story: Love in the Time of Coronavirus
April 12, 2020
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Pat Greenberg tells Denise about her journey through the coronavirus and out the other side.
Coping Strategies
April 5, 2020
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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.
Going Out with a Bang
March 29, 2020
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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.
Distantly Social
March 22, 2020
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Denise and Diane discuss the coronavirus.
We want to hear what you're doing to stay sane! Join our community, get links to past episodes, or drop us a line.
Invisibility
March 15, 2020
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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.
Loneliness
March 8, 2020
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Denise and Diane discuss loneliness and how they deal with it as they get older.
The Legendary Betty Fussell, Part 1
February 23, 2020
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Denise and Diane sit down 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.
The Legendary Betty Fussell, Part 1
February 23, 2020
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Denise and Diane sit down 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.
The Breakfast Queen, Ina Pinkney, Part 2
February 16, 2020
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Ina Pinkney is back! This time she chats with Denise.
Read the New York Times article The Perfect Divorce.
Get Ina’s Kitchen: Memories and Recipes from the Breakfast Queen.
Watch Breakfast at Ina’s. Free for Amazon Prime members!
The Breakfast Queen, Ina Pinkney, Part 1
February 9, 2020
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Ina Pinkney, The Breakfast Queen herself, chats with Diane in this first of two Ina episodes! Just one of the many fabulous pearls of wisdom you’ll acquire this week: Choose your own path so others don’t choose it for you.
Get Ina’s Kitchen: Memories and Recipes from the Breakfast Queen.
Watch Breakfast at Ina’s. Free for Amazon Prime members!
Diane's Eyelid Surgery
February 2, 2020--Episode 73
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For some reason Apple Podcasts wouldn't let us post this one!? Who the hell do they think they are?!
Diane chats with Denise about her eyelid surgery and shares the gory details and photos!
See Diane's photographic journey on Facebook.
Pat Greenberg--Tips for Aging Well, Part 2
January 26, 2020--Episode 72
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Denise continues talking with our aging well expert, Pat Greenberg!
Diane's Eyelid Surgery
February 2, 2020
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Diane chats with Denise about her eyelid surgery and shares the gory details and photos!
See Diane's photographic journey on Facebook.
Pat Greenberg--Tips for Aging Well, Part 2
January 26, 2020
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Denise continues talking with our aging well expert, Pat Greenberg!
Pat Greenberg--Tips for Aging Well, Part 1
January 19, 2020
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Denise talks with our aging well expert, Pat Greenberg!
Julie Tran Deily
January 12, 2020
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Denise talks with Julie Tran Deily about staying relevant in the internet age and life online.
Jamie Schler, Part Deux
January 5, 2020
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In Part 2 of your chat with Jamie Schler, Denise talks with Jamie about how she ended up in France and what it's like to run a hotel.
Book a room at Hotel Diderot!
Leigh Taylor-Young
December 29, 2019
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Denise talks with actress and advocate Leigh Taylor-Young about working toward the highest good.
Find out more about Leigh here.
Jamie Schler, Author of Orange Appeal
December 22, 2019
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Diane talks with Jamie Schler about her life in France and what led her to writing Orange Appeal.
Get Jamie's trio of dressing recipes.
Holiday Brunch
December 15, 2019
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Denise and Diane chat about making holiday entertaining easier with a brunch buffet.
Get Diane's recipes for Holiday Savory Bread Pudding and Denise's expert tips for a brunch buffet.
Pat Greenberg, Anti-Inflammatory Foods
December 8, 2019
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Denise talks with the newest member of the WBACA team, Pat Greenberg! Pat will be joining us regularly as our aging well expert. In this episode, Pat discusses anti-inflammatory foods and how to incorporate them into our lives. Do you have questions about living well and healthy aging? Send your questions to Pat at WomenBeyond@icloud.com and we’ll feature them on an upcoming Ask Pat episode.
Thanksgiving, Part 2
November 24, 2019
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Diane and Denise continue talking about their favorite subject: Thanksgiving!
Get Diane's recipes for Dry-Brined Roast Turkey and Frozen Pumpkin Pie with Gingersnap Crust.
Elissa Altman
December 1, 2019--Episode 64
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Denise chats with author Elissa Altman about her new book Motherland: A Memoir of Love Loathing, and Longing.
Get Elissa’s books on Amazon.
Find out more about Elissa on her website.
Joy of Cooking
November 10, 2019--Episode 61
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Diane talks with Megan Scott about the newest edition of Joy of Cooking. In the nearly ninety years since Irma Rombauer self-published the first Joy of Cooking, it has become the kitchen bible, with more than 20 million copies in print. This new edition of Joy has been thoroughly revised and expanded by Irma’s great-grandson John Becker and his wife, Megan Scott. They developed more than six hundred new recipes for this edition, tested and tweaked thousands of classic recipes, and updated every section of every chapter to reflect the latest ingredients and techniques available to today’s home cooks. Their strategy for revising this edition was the same one Irma and Marion employed: Vet, research, and improve Joy’s coverage of legacy recipes while introducing new dishes, modern cooking techniques, and comprehensive information on ingredients now available at farmers’ markets and grocery stores. Joy is and has been the essential and trusted guide for home cooks for almost a century. This new edition continues that legacy.
Keep up here with what’s going on in the Joy of Cooking world.
See recipes from Joy on our Facebook page.
The Best Thing I Ever Ate: Diane
November 3, 2019
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Diane talks about some of her favorite food memories.
The Best Thing I Ever Ate: Denise
October 27, 2019
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Denise talks about some of her favorite food memories.
Farallon Restaurant, San Francisco
Le Bernadin, New York
John's Grill, San Francisco
Boundaries & Consequences
October 20, 2019
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Denise talks about how she handles difficult people by setting boundaries and enforcing consequences.
Older Women & Travel
October 13, 2019
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Denise and Diane chat about the challenges faced when traveling as an older woman.
Happiness
October 6, 2019
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Diane and Denise chat about simple things that bring a little more happiness to their lives.
Joanne Weir
September 29, 2019
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This week we talk with James Beard Award-winning cookbook author, international cooking teacher and renowned chef Joanne Weir! Her most recent series, Joanne Weir's Plates & Places is airing on public televisions nationwide.
Find out more about Joanne on her website here.
You can purchase her books here.
Notes from Abroad
September 8, 2019
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Notes from Abroad from Two Awesome Broads! Diane reports in from Paris and Denise from Tuscany.
See Denise's Tuscany photo album.
See Diane and hubby Michael with soufflés at Recamier in Paris.
Labor Day!
August 25, 2019
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Labor Day is right around the corner! Diane and Denise talk about their favorite Labor Day foods and share their recipes.
Join the WBACA Facebook Group to download all the recipes mentioned in this episode!
Diane’s Labor Day Menu:
Grilled Peaches, Heirloom Tomatoes, Cucumber & Burrata Salad
Picnic Potato Salad
Grilled Bratwurst with Onion Marmalade
Grilled Vegetable Sandwiches
Twice Cooked BBQ Chicken
Hoisin-Honeyed Baby Back Ribs
Denise’s Labor Day Menu:
Roasted Potato Salad
Coleslaw with a Kick
Corn on the Cob
Double Fudge Brownies
Creamy Fudge Frosting
Resilience vs Resentment
September 1, 2019
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Denise the power of resilience and overcoming resentment.
Belinda Smith-Sullivan
August 18, 2019
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This week we talk to Belinda Smith-Sullivan, author of Just Peachy, about all things peach!
Find out more about Chef Belinda and her line of delicious spice blends.
Her book, full of inspired peach recipes, is on Amazon.
See Mark Boughton's stunning photography here.
Raghavan Iyer
August 11, 2019
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Diane and Denise talk with the delightful and delicious Raghavan Iyer.
Find out more about Raghavan here.
See his author page on Amazon.
Get his recipe for Cumin Scented Potatoes with Tomatoes Ghurma on Epicurious.com.
Happy Anniversary to Us!
August 4, 2019
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It's our 1-year anniversary so we're reminiscing a bit.