I have lectured, hosted fundraisers, and done cooking demonstrations at hundreds of events over the past decade (from conferences and universities to community gatherings and farmer’s markets).  I am exclusively represented by The Lavin Agency.

To extend an invitation, contact my office here.

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Colleges and Universities

Arizona State University, Boston University, Brown, Calvin College, City College of San Francisco, Columbia, Laney Community College, Ohio University, Smith, Stanford, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, Washington University in St. Louis, and Yale.

Farmer’s Markets and Cooking Schools

Berkeley Farmer’s Markets, Cooking School at Cavallo Point, Downtown Memphis Farmer’s Market, Ferry Plaza Farmer’s Market, Fresh Starts Cooking School, Grand Army Plaza Farmer’s Market, Hollywood Farmer’s Market, Leimert Park Farmer’s Market, Mandela Farmer’s Market, Natural Gourmet Institute, and Portland Oregon Farmer’s Markets.

Museums and Art Galleries

Museum of the African Diaspora, Powerhouse Contemporary Art Museum, SPACE Gallery, and UCLA’s Hammer Museum.

Conferences, Festivals, and Organizations

Bioneers, Commonwealth Club, Congressional Black Caucus Author Pavilion, Edible Schoolyard, Green Festivals, Growing Food for Justice Gathering, La Pena Cultural Center, Natural Products Expo East, Rooted in Community (RIC), San Francisco Department of the Environment, San Francisco Public Library, South Carolina Librarians Association Conference, Slow Food Nation, Taste 3, and The 92nd Street Y.

Scroll over event titles below to get details and click for links.

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			1 * Panel at the Hammer Museum Panel at the Hammer Museum Time: 7:00 pm What's On Your Plate? is a witty and provocative documentary produced and directed by award-winning filmmaker Catherine Gund about kids and food politics. Filmed over the course of one year, the film follows Sadie and Safiyah, two eleven-year-old multi-racial city kids, as they explore food systems in New York City and its surrounding areas. With the camera as their companion, the girl guides talk to each other, food activists, farmers, storekeepers, and their families in a quest to understand what’s on all of our plates. A Q&A with director Catherine Gund, Sadie Hope-Gund, eco-chef Bryant Terry, and actors/activists Esai Morales and Ed Begley, Jr. will follow the screening. (2009, 73 Min. Dir: Catherine Gund)	2	3	4
5	6 * In the Green Kitchen drops In the Green Kitchen drops Buy Alice Waters' latest book which features one of my recipes.	7 * taping The Martha Stewart Show taping The Martha Stewart Show i will be pre-taping an appearance on "The Martha Stewart Show" with Alice Waters to help promote her new book, In the Green Kitchen: Techniques To Learn By Heart. The hour-long episode will air on May 3rd.	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15 * Hyphen Magazine Drops Hyphen Magazine Drops Pick up the latest issue of Hyphen Magazine and read an article that i co-wrote with Jidan Koon. * Fresh Starts Cooking School Fresh Starts Cooking School Time: 6:30 pm Try Soul Food with Chef Bryant Terry -- Hailed by The New York Times as a chef who "makes Southern cooking healthy and cool," Bryant Terry of Oakland redefines soul food at Fresh Starts Cooking School in a special event on Thursday, April 15, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Featured dishes for this interactive demonstration class: Citrus Collards with Raisins, Mini-Jamaican Veggie Patties, Sweetback's Salad with Roasted Beet Vinaigrette, and Gumbo Z with Wild Rice. Tickets cost $49 and can be purchased online or by calling 415-382-3363 x243. Participants will enjoy samples from the menu.	16 * POP-UP Magazine 3 POP-UP Magazine 3 Time: 7:00 pm Pop-Up Magazine is the world’s first live magazine, created for a stage, a screen, and a live audience. Nothing will arrive in your mailbox; no content will go online. An issue exists for one night, in one place. Pop-Up showcases the country’s most interesting writers, documentary filmmakers, photographers, and radio producers, together, on stage, sharing short moments of unseen, unheard work. Books, films, journalism, photography, and radio documentaries in progress. Obsessions and digressions. Outtakes, arguments, and live interviews. Each evening of Pop-Up unfolds like a magazine. Short reviews, dispatches, and provocations anchor the front, longer features follow in the back. Our theme is no theme. Pop-Up seeks to explore the varied world around us, through stories and ideas. Science, music, politics, art, business, food, literature, design, nature—all in a 75 minute show. Then we move to the lobby bar, and invite audience and contributors to stick around late. A Q&A is more fun with drinks in hand.	17	18
19	20 * IACP Conference IACP Conference The 2010 IACP Annual Conference Committee and the Portland Host City Committee invite you to experience The New Culinary Order on April 21-24, 2010 in Portland, Oregon.	21 * IACP Conference IACP Conference The 2010 IACP Annual Conference Committee and the Portland Host City Committee invite you to experience The New Culinary Order on April 21-24, 2010 in Portland, Oregon.	22 * IACP Conference IACP Conference The 2010 IACP Annual Conference Committee and the Portland Host City Committee invite you to experience The New Culinary Order on April 21-24, 2010 in Portland, Oregon.	23 * IACP Conference IACP Conference The 2010 IACP Annual Conference Committee and the Portland Host City Committee invite you to experience The New Culinary Order on April 21-24, 2010 in Portland, Oregon.	24 * IACP Conference IACP Conference The 2010 IACP Annual Conference Committee and the Portland Host City Committee invite you to experience The New Culinary Order on April 21-24, 2010 in Portland, Oregon.	25
26 * Arizona State University Arizona State University Symposium - Changing Courses: Class, Race, Sustainability, and Food	27	28	29 * Ohio University Earth Month Ohio University Earth Month Time: 6:30 pm Earth Month 2010: Roots of Sustainability is packed with programming that highlights the connections between people, food and planet. What are the roots of our existence? How are these roots planted? How do our food choices take root? What kind of soil do we need to create a sustainable food culture?	30
Category Key art Cooking Demonstrations Emceeing Media Appearances Speaking Engagments Vegan Soul Kitchen Workshops