Live events
Does a body good to share the chocolate love!
These are a few highlights from the stage and the field over the years. Talks are immediately below, and Chocolate Quests are further down the page. What are Chocolate Quests? Chocolate workshops for kids of course! They’re the real reason I exist in this world.
For a more complete list of my speaking events outside of the chocolateverse, check out this page. And if you’d like to book me for a talk, workshop, or tasting, let’s make it happen!
TALKS & PRESENTATIONS
Talk & book signing
San Francisco International Chocolate Salon
April 7, 2024
San Francisco, CA
“From Myth to Molecule: Our Relationship with a Sacred Superfood” & book signing
Fall Holiday Chocolate Salon & Festival
November 19, 2023
San Francisco, CA
Pod Save Chocolate (podcast)
Special guest, inaugural episode
November 17, 2023, 10am Pacific time
San Francisco, CA
“From Myth to Molecule: Our Relationship with a Sacred Superfood” & book signing
NW Chocolate Festival
October 5-8, 2023
Bellevue, WA
Here something called the COVID pandemic happened. I don’t like to think about the fact that it was just weeks after that last Valentine’s Day tasting event at a client’s headquarters.
Valentine's Day Chocolate Tasting (corporate event)
February 14, 2020
Sunnyvale, CA
Valentine's Day Chocolate Tasting (corporate event)
February 14, 2019
Sunnyvale, CA
International Chocolate Festival
April 22, 2018
San Mateo Event Center, San Mateo, CA
International Chocolate Salon
March 11, 2018
San Francisco, CA
Book Passage
December 2, 2017
Corte Madera, CA
Books Inc.
November 11, 2017
Santa Clara, CA
Northwest Chocolate Festival
November 12-13, 2016
Seattle, WA
Indie Author Day
October 8, 2016
Santa Cruz Dowtown Library. Talk accompanied by a chocolate tasting.
Marin County Free Library. Talk followed by a chocolate tasting by Firefly Chocolate.
FCIA (Fine Chocolate Industry Association) bi-annual event
June 25, 2016
New York City
Author Spotlights on Reddit
May 25 and April 9, 2016
Online at /r/fantasy and /r/books
“The Jaguar and the Cacao Tree: What Mythology and Biology Tell Us About Our Relationship with Chocolate”
March 30, 2016
The David Brower Center
Berkeley, CA
CHOCOLATE QUESTS
The Chocolate Quest at Kennedy Middle School
November 19, 2021
Redwood City, CA (outdoors)
The Chocolate Quest with Letterpress Chocolate
May 21, 2021
Virtual event for a kids’ book club in Los Angeles
The Chocolate Quest at Ventana
August 27, 2017
Los Altos, CA
The Chocolate Quest at Bowman School
April 7, 2017
Palo Alto, CA
The Chocolate Quest at Ventana
August 28, 2016
Los Altos, CA
The Chocolate Quest at Full Circle Farm
June 21, 2016
Sunnyvale, CA
The Chocolate Quest with Sprouts Cooking Club
June & July, 2016
Alemany Farm
San Francisco, CA
The Chocolate Quest at CJ Olson's
April 16, 2016
C.J. Olson's Cherries
Sunnyvale, CA
The Chocolate Quest at Dandelion Chocolate
April 2, 2016
Dandelion Chocolate
San Francisco, CA
Read Dandelion’s Q&A with Birgitte