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Saucy Sisters Lowdown |
The Saucy Sisters - siblings, best friends and frequent dining partners - are media personalities who report on food, wine and entertaining. As radio hosts and authors, they are known for their humor and everywoman perspective.
For five years, Barbara Nowak and Beverly Wichman hosted Eat, Drink And Be Saucy on WAMB radio in Nashville, interviewing hundreds of wine and food professionals along the way.
They wrote, published and promoted the best-selling Best Places To Eat In Nashville, a popular review of Nashville area restaurants. Describing the book, Wall Street Journal columnists Dorothy Gaiter and John Bresher said, "It makes us want to hop on a plane and fly down there today. And these ladies really know their wine!"
The sisters have written The Saucy Sisters Guide To Wine: What Every Girl Should Know Before She Uncorks - described by one review as "Sex and the City meets Wine For Dummies." As an encore to their Guide, the sisters wrote The Everything Wine Book. Barbara and Beverly have contributed their opinions on food and wine to such publications as Swirl Wine News, Coastal Living, and Wine Adventure.
The sisters make regular television appearances, cooking up original dishes and providing offbeat restaurant reviews. They have hosted a series of infomercials for health and beauty products broadcast nationwide. They are accomplished public speakers, appearing at conferences, conventions and trade shows.
As public speakers, The Saucy Sisters entertain and educate audiences on the subjects of wine and dining. They give presentations to corporations, trade associations, specialty groups, and graduate and law schools. Talks include anything from keynote speeches to team-building workshops. Their specialty is developing and creating a fun and educational presentation for any group who wants to learn more about wine while enjoying or hosting a hit event. |
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About Barbara |
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In addition to their work as a team, Barbara has written the highly successful Cook It Right! and has been a food columnist for The Tennessean. For four seasons Barbara hosted regular cooking segments on HGTV's Today At Home. She has represented a variety of products on QVC, MOR Galleria and other home shopping networks. |
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About Beverly |
Beverly is a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and has worked for major U.S. corporations and government institutions, including the CIA (the one in Langley, Virginia – not the one in Hyde Park – which is why she is better at spying than spamming!).
Beverly and Opera
Beverly is an avid opera fan...she calls it her soul music. In April 2008 she entered the Nashville Opera's "Raise Your Glasses" contest and won. As a winner, she was featured on billboards throughout Nashville. Here is her winning story.
Here’s A Toast to Soul Music!
Opera is my soul music. It lives in every ounce of my body. It stimulates my mind, fortifies my blood and warms my heart. Whether I’m attending a live opera performance, listening to a Saturday Met broadcast, watching a TV production or playing my well-worn CD’s over and over, opera is my magician. It makes everything right in my life. Its complex, yet lavish beauty makes me forget all life’s troubles, struggles and concerns and transforms me to another world – a world of good, evil, redemption, sin, glory, friendship, debauchery and love.
There were no bigger opera fans than my parents. Thanks to them, I saw my first opera (“Tosca” with Zinka Milanov) at age 10. At that young age, I understood the true meaning of passion. Ms. Milanov's “Vissi d’arte” sang in my head for months. How fortunate I was to be treated to many more opera experiences - from “Aida” to “Tristan und Isolde.” When I got my first adult job and moved away from home, Mom, Dad and I would still “attend” the opera together. Wherever they traveled or I lived – from New Jersey to Oklahoma, California to Texas, or Europe and beyond, we’d listen to the Saturday Met broadcasts and call each other after the final curtain call with “Bravo!”
Opera’s biggest fans left this world a few years ago, but I’m on a mission to create new ones in their legacy. Recently I took my 10-year old nephew to his first opera, “Don Giovanni.” OK, not a typical “kid-friendly” choice, but this boy was adventurous – even though his preferred adventures took place on the baseball field, not in an opera house. But for one fleeting evening, he rode the magic carpet ride to another world. At the final curtain call, he looked at me with tears in his eyes and I knew – he’s found his soul music.
I raise my glasses and toast you – the Nashville Opera!
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