TED Talk
Our savory, spicy, significant relationship with food

Food Technology Magazine (2025)
Understanding Our Modern Hungers

Omnivore (2025)
Podcast: Open Innovation for Food System Transformation, Decoding Consumers’ Food Behaviors

IFT Conference (2025)
Keynote Panel: The Desire Dilemma: How GLP-1 Agonists Shape Behavior and Future Research Opportunities.

SXSW Food Tank (2025)
Panel: Next Gen Food and the New Food System

New York Public Library (2025)
Professional Development Workshop: Flavor Remix in You Library

NYC Public Schools (2025)
Author Workshops: Kraut-chi and Storytime & DYI Awesome Sauce

CA WIC (2025)
Keynote: ”Food is Life’s First Lesson

Scratchworks (2025)
Keynote: Nourishing Our Modern Hungers

CIA Healthy Kitchens, Healthy Lives (2025)
Workshop: Taking a Foodlife History

Natural Products Expo West (2024)
Keynote: Gen Z Foodlife Study: Nourishing Modern Hungers

National Agriculture in the Classroom (2024)
Author Workshop: Connecting Science and Agriculture Literacy

ReFed (2024)
Panel: A Fusion of Flavors: The Cultural Footprint of What We Eat and Don’t Eat

CJ Foods (2024)
Summit: Global Trends and Fermentation

DC Public Schools (2024)
Author Workshop: Kimchi, Kraut-chi and Storytime

DC MLK Library (2024)
Workshop: Kimchi, Kraut-chi and Storytime: Sandor Katz and The Tiny Wild

San Francisco Public Library (2024)
Author Workshops: Hot Mess Kimchi & Kimchi, Kraut-chi and Storytime

American Library Association (2023)
Author Workshop: Diversity and Inclusion through Food Literacy and Stories about our Food Cultures

NYC Public Schools (2023)
Author Talk: Connecting Science and Culture...with a Little Bit of Dazzle and Tiny Wild

California Agriculture in the Classroom (2023)
Workshop: Kimchi, Kraut-chi and Storytime
Author Panel: Telling Stories about Food

The Good Food Conference (2023)
Panel: Bridging the gap between food tech and food culture

Food Tank (2023)
Talk: Climate Change and the Taste of Umami

Google Food Lab (2023)
Workshop: Taste of Space - Signals from Zoomers, Futurists and Foodlife Ethnography

California Agriculture in the Classroom (2022)
Workshop: Celebrating Food Heroes through Picture Book Biographies

Foodwise (2022)
Workshop: Kraut-chi and Storytime Food Literacy

Niman Ranch Hog Farmers Appreciation Dinner (2022)
Talk: Gen Z Foodlife Cohort

Colgate Naturals (2019)
Workshop: Higher Quality Experiences / For All

JET / Walmart Labs (2018)
Workshop: Re-routing Lines of Future Fresh

Bread Lab Grain Gathering (2017)
Keynote: Power of Foodcare in a Salvage Economy

Monterey Bay Aquarium Sustainable Food Institute (2016)
Talk: Trends in Food: A conversation with June Jo Lee

Nutrition & Health Conference (2016)
Talk: In Pursuit of Fresh, Flavor and Soulfulness

PepsiCo (2016)
Summit: The Magical Power of Bioactives in Personalized Beverages and Snacks”

Barilla (2016)
Summit: Trends in Fresh, Flavorful and Soulful and the Role of Grains

CIA Menus of Change University Research Collaborative (2016)
Talk: Gen Z: Understanding and Engaging Students

Bunge Nutrition Influencers (2015)
Summit: Eating Culture: Why Culture Matters

CIA Worlds of Flavor (2015)
Workshop: Asian Flavors, Consumer Perspective”

AmorePacific (2014)
Workshop: Health & Wellness Trends in U.S.: A Cultural Approach

Oldways Whole Grains Council (2014)
Talk: Whole Grain Trends and Consumer Attitudes

CIA Healthy Kitchens (2014)
Talk: A Peek Into Your Patients’ Homes & Refrigerators

CIA Worlds of Flavor (2013)
Talk: Millennials in Focus

CIA Menu of Change (2013)
Talk: How Changing Demographics Affect Consumer Demands

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