Lecture and book signing, 7:30 p.m. in the Templeton Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium. This is through The Kennedy Lecture Series.
Admission is free; doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, 6th Floor Conference room, noon. The title is “Food Politics: An Unexpected Career (and its Consequences).
This is the Nicholas Catchlove Lecture, Sydney Ideas Festival, co-presented with the Charles Perkins Centre : “Soda Politics in the US: Lessons from the food movement.” It’s at 6:00-7:30 p.m. at the Charles Perkins Centre Auditorium, Johns Hopkins Drive, University of Sydney (see venue location). Free and open to all with online registration requested. For information and registration, click here.
This is a talk on Soda Politics, 4:00 p.m., University of Sydney, Charles Perkins Centre, Level 6 seminar room. For information and reservations, click here.
This is a panel on the newly published Savoring Gotham. It’s titled Celebrating the Making of the Definitive Companion to New York City’s Food. The panel: Jennifer Schiff Berg, Hasia Diner, Krishnendu Ray, Meryl Rosofsky, Daniel Bowman Simon, and me, introduced by Cathy Kaufman. Registration starts at 6:30, the panel at 7:00. 411 Lafayette, 5th Floor.
This is a nutrition seminar, chaired by Francesco Branca, director of nutrition for health and development, WHO. It’s on Soda Politics: taking on big soda (and winning) – a guide for advocates. 11:00 – 12:00, Library meeting room
This is a screening of Michael Pollan’s new documentary, “In Defense of Food” at NYU’s Skirball Center for Performing Arts, at 6:30. It’s followed by a panel discussion with me, Pollan, director michael Schwarz, and writer Ed Gray. Krishnendu Ray will moderate.
Tickets are $15 for the general public and $10 for NYU students, faculty, staff, and alumni, and may be purchased online at nyuskirball.org or in person at the NYU Skirball Center Box Office: Tuesday-Saturday, 12–6 p.m. The NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts is located at 566 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square South.
The women’s food organization, Les Dames d’Escoffier, is sponsoring a panel discussion: The Next Big Bite: What You will Cook, Eat and Crave in 2016. It’s from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM at the Institute of Culinary Education (ICE), 225 Liberty Street at Brookfield Place.. Doors open at 6:00 PM.
The panel is moderated by Rozanne Gold, and includes Amanda Cohen, chef/owner, Dirt Candy; Amanda Hesser, co-founder/CEO, Food52; Mimi Sheraton, food critic and writer, and me.
Admission is $65 ($35 for students); tickets are available at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1887854. For further information, click here: www.ldny.org. Join the conversation at #TheNextBigBite.
