Appearances

2010

July 11 | Meatopia, 11:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Betty will be one of the official judges of the BBQ, and one of the unofficial judges of the beer, at the “Woodstock of Edible Animals” on Governor’s Island. Support good meat and craft beers with the help of Slow Food NYC and the Good Beer Seal of Approval. (Raindate: July 18)

July 14 | Eat This Film series, 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson St., NYC, 7:30 p.m.
Eat This Film series presents “Cooking History,” a brilliantly original documentary on food and war by Slovakian film director Peter Kerekes. Betty Fussell, food historian, and Ray DeStefano, army vet and expert butcher at Walmir Meat, Inc., in the Gansevoort Meat Market, will lead audience discussion into the guts of war and our primeval need for meat and bread. Presented by Edible Manhattan and Reverse Shot.

Past Events

May 29 - June 11 | Aromas & Flavors of Mexico: a 2-week gastronomic and cultural tour into the heartland of Mexico under the guidance of culinary star Patricia Quintana

Feb. 26 | Discuss Raising Steaks at Boston University’s MLA in Gastronomy Lecture Series in Food Studies

Feb. 13 | Panel discussion, Roger Smith Food Writers’ Conference, New York City

Feb 4-6 | Speaker and panel discussion, American Grassfed Association annual conference on Grazing America, Lexington Ky.

Jan. 30 | Cook and present a Julie/Julia dinner (with Katy Kinsolving) to benefit Princeton Housing Initiative, Princeton, N.J.

Jan. 28 | Reading from Raising Steaks to benefit Princeton Public Library, N.J.

2009

Oct. 21 | Reading from Raising SteaksCulinary Historians of Boston at Schlesinger Library, Cambridge, Mass.

Oct. 9 | Lecture, Institute for Advanced Study, Cuisine & Culture Series, Princeton, N.J.

Sept. 16 | Reading and book signing, James Beard House

July 3-11 | Cocinar Mexicano - Betty returns to Mexico to teach Word of Mouth, a food writing workshop

June 11 | Panel discussion on “Craig Claiborne and the Invention of Food Journalism” at The New School, New York City

April 15 | Lecture, Culinary Historians of New York

March 4 | Lecture, The Coffee House Club, New York City

Feb. 12 | Panel discussion on James Beard at The New School, New York City

Jan. 14 | Reading from Raising Steaks at Barnes & Noble, New York City

2008

Dec. 5 | Feast & Famine Workshop series at NYU Food Studies, New York City

Dec. 3 | Kitchen Arts & Letters

Nov. 19-22 | Flavors Without Borders/Sabores Sin Fronteras, Arizona