Television and radio appearances, speaking engagements
• Featured as a home design expert on various segments of HGTV
• Speaker at the Boston Society of Architects Residential Design Show, April 2005. Topic: Designing guest rooms and cottages
• Guest speaker at House Beautiful and the Boston Design Center’s Design Days
• Guest speaker on interior design at The Boston Center for Adult Education
• Guest speaker at the 92nd Street Y, 2005. Topic: The Fifth Taste, Cooking with Umami
• Guest Speaker Slow Food Membership, Boston. Topic: The Fifth Taste, Cooking with Umami
• 2006 Spring/summer talks. The Institute of Culinary Education, NYC; French Culinary Institute, NYC., The Culinary Institute of America, and various New England libraries. Topic: The Fifth Taste
• Keynote speaker at Endicott College’s June 2004 graduation; received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.