Appearances and Press Coverage
Upcoming Events
December 7, 2025, noon-3 pm. Book signing at Karma Co-op, 739 Palmerston Ave (on Karma Lane), Toronto, Ontario, M6G 2R3.
December 11, 2025, 6-9 pm, Museum of Food and Drink, Brooklyn, NY. Panel discussion with four women who appear in Reapin Sam Garwin, OceanWave; Lisbeth Pacheco, Ethos Coffee Roasters; June Russell Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming; and Olivia Watkins, Black Farmer Fund. Book signing and regenerative snacks to follow.
December 13, 2025 5:30 pm, Maker’s Mark x Tables of Contents dinner, a collaboration between Dinner Evan Hanczor literary book readings in collaboration with Maker’s Mark distillery, Rob Samuels, 8th-generation whisky distiller and grandson of the founders of Makers Mark. Venue: Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming,. .
December 15, 2026, 7 pm, Bold Fork Books, Washington, D.C., book talk and signing. I’ll be in conversation with Dani Nierenberg, Food Tank.
January 7, 2025, 7 pm EST, online webinar with Kirsten Shockey and The Fermentation School.
January 14, 6 to 9 pm EST, “She Rises: A Celebration of Women Bakers and Local Grain Economies.” Sponsored by the Canadian Centre for Food and Ecology, at the Centre for Social Innovation.
January 24, 2026, 10:30-11:45 am, EcoFarm Conference keynote panel discussion, “How Women Are Rebuilding Our Regenerative Supply Chains,” Monterey, CA.
January 26, 2026 Omnivore Books on Food, San Francisco, 6:30 pm book talk and signing..
Articles, Podcasts, and Posts
Weekend Reading: Women Building Food Systems, “Food Politics,” by Marion Nestle, December 5, 2025.
Conversation with Nancy Matsumoto, Cable Street Journal, by Hardy Griffin, November 14, 2025, on the subject of By the Shore of Lake Michigan.
Women and the Alt Food System, A Growing Culture, “Offshoot” Substack publication, November 6, 2025.
Beyond Big Food, “Roots and All Podcast” number 360. November 3, 2025.
“You Bet Your Garden” podcast, nationally syndicated PBS Lehigh Valley public radio show, hosted by Mike McGrath. [Segment begins at 20
Women Leading Farming Solutions with Author Nancy Matsumoto, “One Bite is Everything,” podcast by Dana DiPrima, October 30, 2025.
Instagram Live with Steve Sando, Rancho Gordo, Rancho Gordo, October 29, 2025.
“Book Review: Reaping What She Sows:,” HortWeek, October 25, 2025.
Nancy Matsumoto: Reaping What She Sows, The Maternal Art of Stewardship, “Schnitzels and Stories,” Episode 26, October 28, 2025.
“Bridging the Food Divide: Investing in Equitable Access,” “Batch and Scale” podcast with Katy Chang, October 23, 2025
“Supporting an alternative food system with Reaping What She Sows author Nancy Matsumoto,” “Brave New Girl” podcast, October 21, 2025.
“Meet the Women of the ‘Alt Food System,” Civil Eats, October 20, 2025.
“Sustainable Food Culture for the 99%,” CBC Radio’s “The Sunday Magazine” show, October 12, 2025.
“For these cocoa farmers, sustainability and the price of beans are linked,” by Lela Nargi, FoodPrint, September 17, 2025.
Booklist review, September 4, 2025.
New Worlder podcast, Episode 117, Nancy Matsumoto, August 28, 2025.
Tsunagu: Bridge Builders, Activ8 Interview Series: “Nancy Matsumoto: Award-Winning Author, Journalist, and Editor, December 19, 2023.
Jiji Press (Japanese language) 日本酒の魅力で栄冠 日系３世松本さん―米「食のアカデミー賞, July 1, 2023
James Beard Foundation: The 2023 James Beard Media Award Winners-james-beard-media-award-winners, June 3, 2023
Eater.com Here Are the 2023 James Beard Awards Restaurant, Chef, and Media Finalists, April 26, 2023.
Wine Enthusiast In Sake, Sustainability Is a Time-Honored Tradition, April 13, 2023.
Toronto Globe and Mail What I’m obsessed with right now: Gift-worthy cookbooks, December 14, 2022.
Edible D.C. Explore Japanese Sake with Author Nancy Matsumoto at Tonari, August 23, 2022.
Wine Enthusiast, Is There Such a Thing as Sake Terroir? It’s Complicated, September 7, 2022.
Toronto Star, It’s Sake Time!: Five Places to Enjoy Some, May 22, 2022.
Toronto Star, Craft saké popularity in Toronto is growing. A new book explores the ancient Japanese liquor, May 13, 2022.
Civil Eats, What the Rise of Craft Sake Says about Farming, Climate, and Culture, May 18, 2022.
Tuttle Publishing AAPI Heritage blog post., May 10, 2022.
True Sake newsletter, “Meet the Author’s of Exploring the World of Japanese Craft Sake, May 6, 2022.
Pivot Magazine, Sake is a Serious Contender for Next World Spirit of Choice.
Past Events
November 30, 2025, 1-2:30 p.m. EST, “Reaping What She Sows: Book Talk & Signing,” Chin Chin!, Creemore, Ontario,
December 2, 2025, Virtual Talk, 5-6 pm PST. “An Author's Point-of-View: How to Conceptualize, Pitch, and Land a Traditional Publisher for your Book,” National Organization of Professional Organizers.
November 19, 2025, 6-7:30 pm, New York Society Library book talk and signing, co-hosted by Slow Food New York City. I’ll be in conversation with Richa Mehra, vice president of the Slow Food NYC board.
November 20, 2025, 6 pm, Northshire Bookstore, Saratoga Springs, NY. Talk and book signing. I’ll be in conversation with Skidmore College professor of sociology John Brueggemann.
November 21, 2025, 6 pm, Oblong Books, Rhinebeck, NY. Talk and book signing. I will be in conversation with George Weld, chef (Egg restaurant, Williamsburg, Brooklyn) farm operator, writer, and photographer.
November 14, 3:30-4:30 pm “Feast and Famine” series talk and book signing, New York University Department of Nutrition and Food Studies lecture, Manhattan, NY.
November 6, 2025, 6-10 pm, I was on the judging panel for the Toronto edition of Canada Culinary Championship 2026.
Women and Salt Series: Bread Poets Society, Part I, Cultures Group online talk, November 2, 4 pm
.October 16, 2025 6 - 7 pm PST, Women’s Environmental Network “Women Who Grown Change: A Conversation With Nancy Matsumoto” virtual talk.
October 28, 2025, Book Release Day! Queen Books, Toronto, 6:30 - 8:30 pm. I’ll be in conversation with food system leader Paul deCampo, with Q&A and book signing. Free admission, tickets available here.
September 18, 2025, Ocean Hour Farm, Newport, Rhode Island, Fall Equinox Dinner.
September 24, 2025, 5 - 7 pm, The Monarch Foundation, New York City Climate Week Gathering. SOLD OUT
May 20, 2025, noon-2 pm Literary Lunch Book Talk, By the Shore of Lake Michigan, Toronto Arts and Letters Club, Toronto, Ontario.
May 13, Squire Patton Boggs, New York City, sake tasting event 5:30 - 7 pm.
May 11, 2025, 2-4 pm Middlebury College J-Club sake lecture, 6 pm sake and sushi pairing event, Middlebury, Vermont.
April 27, 2025, 2-4 pm JANM Book Club: By the Shore of Lake Michigan with Nancy Matsumoto, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles.
April 9, 2025 6:30 pm, ZAJA (莝JA) Japanese and Japanese American private group book talk, By the Shore of Lake Michigan, New York City.
April 7, 2025, 7 pm “World War II Prison Camp and Resettlement Stories Through Poetry,” Japan Society, New York
April 6, 2025, 2-4 pm, “Art, Poetry, War, and the Japanese American Experience,” talk, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT, in conjunction with the exhibit “Isamu Noguchi: Metal the Mirror.”
February 24, 2025, 2-3 pm By the Shore of Lake Michigan, the Tanka Poetry of Tomiko and Ryokuyō Matsumoto, Northeastern Illinois University, Ronald Williams Library Room 022.
February 23, 2025 2-4 pm, By the Shore of Lake Michigan Day of Remembrance talk, “Resilience in One Chicago Family: The Power of Tanka Poetry in Overcoming Adversity and Shaping Identity,
April 8, 2024, 2-3 pm, Restaurants Canada Show presentations with Michael Tremblay, Toronto.
January 22, 2023 6:00-7:30 pm, sake talk Vineyard Gate Sunset, San Francisco,.
January 20, 2023, 4-6:30 pm, book signing, sake tasting, and stories from “Rice, Water, Earth: Exploring the World of Japanese Craft Sake,” True Sake, San Francisco.
December 2, 2023, Nancy’s book signing and sale, Monocle Christmas Fair, Toronto.
November 2, 2023, Nancy’s sake pairing dinner for Pleiades, Rule of Thirds, Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
September 30, 2023 virtual talk by Nancy on “Koji: The Secret Ingredient Behind Food and Sake” at “Bringing It to the Table: Talk. Taste. Transform” Les Dames d’Escoffier Washington, D.C. Chapter and the Japanese Consulate event, Washington D.C.September 21, 2023, sake book and snack pairing event at Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Food & Agriculture, Sisters, Oregon.
June 3, 2023, Chicago. We win a James Beard Award! Read the full list of media awards here.
May 18, 2023, Nancy’s sake book talk and sake and snack pairing event at INVNT NYC live brand storytelling company.
May 7, 2023, Nancy’s sake book chat with Courtney Kaplan and pairing dinner, Ototo, Los Angeles.
February 16, 2023, Nancy and Michael’s virtual book talk @ The Japan America Society of Chicago.
January 22, 2023, Nancy’s sake and beer pairing events and book talk @ Avling Brewery, Toronto.
November 10, 2022, Nancy and Michael’s book talk and sake pairing dinner @ Sakagura, New York, City.
November 5, 2022, Nancy and MIchael’s book talk and brunch pairing event @ Rule of Thirds, Brooklyn, NY.
October 16, 2022, Nancy and Michael’s Toronto Food Film Festival, Journey Through the World of Craft Sake talk.
October 4, 2022, Nancy and MIchael’s Sake Master Dinner with Miyasaka Jozo @ ki modern bistro + Japanese.
October, 3, 2022, Nancy and Mariko Tajiri’s Nice Rice Sake Talk & Dinner @ The Regular.
October 1, 2022, Nancy and Michael’s Kampai Toronto appearance and book sale.
PSeptember 17, 2022, Nancy’s podcast interview: Eat Well Travel Better: The Business of Food Travel podcast. Listen here.
August 30, 2022, Nancy’s “Rice, Water, Earth: Sake Tasting & Book Event,” Tonari Restaurant, Washington, D.C.
August 20, 2022, Nancy and Michael on KCRW “Good Food,” podcast interview.
August 4th, 2022, Nancy at Joy of Sake, NYC, book sale and signing.
June 29, 2022, Nancy and Michael’s book signing, Book City, Toronto.
June 28, 2022, Nancy and MIchael’s “Sake Revolution” podcast interview, Part II.
June 15, 2022, Nancy and Michael’s “Sake Revolution” podcast interview, Part I.
.June 15, Nancy and MIchael’s book talk webinar, Tokyo American Club.
May 31, 2022, Nancy and Michael’s literary Luncheon talk and tasting, Arts and Letters Club of Toronto.
May 25, 2022, Nancy and Michael ‘s Tasting and pairing segment, “The Morning Show,” Global TV,
May 21, 2022, Nancy and Michael’s book signing, Queen Books, Toronto.
May 14., 2022, Nancy and Michael’s book signing, Kitchen Arts and Letters, New York City.
May 14, 2022, Nancy and Michael’s book signing Kinokuniya New York City.
May 15, 2022, Nancy and Michael’s Book Talk and Tasting, Brooklyn Kura.
May 16, 2022, Nancy on “Front Burner” podcast, CBC radio, re the Michelin guide coming to Canada.
May 10, 2022. Our Official Book Release!
May 5, 2022, Nancy and Michael’s podcast interview, Sugidama, Season 3, Episode 30. Listen here.
March 14, 2021, Nancy and Michael on Cultures Group Webinar.
March 10, 2021, Nancy and MIchael on the Brazil Sake Festival Webinar.
