Andrew and Karen are regularly invited to travel throughout North America to address subjects in their areas of expertise, which include chefs, cooking, customer service, flavor compatibility, hospitality, restaurant criticism, wine, and many other aspects of the restaurant business.  To invite them to teach or speak, you'll find contact information here.

Panelists Patrick O'Connell, Phyllis Richman, Karen Page,
Linda Kulman, and Susan McCreight Lindeborg at the Women
Chefs and Restaurateurs Conference in Washington, DC

Corby Kummer of The Atlantic, Alan Richman of GQ, Ruth

Reichl of Gourmet, Andrew Dornenburg, and Karen Page at

the Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe College in Cambridge

2008

Fall/Winter 2008 — Karen and Andrew will be traveling across North America to talk about their latest book THE FLAVOR BIBLE, which will be published on September 16th. Speaking and appearance requests (as well as review copy requests) may be sent to book publicists Laura Lehrman (LRLehrman@aol.com) and Andria Chin (AndriaChin@aol.com) of Lehrman + Chin Public Relations, (212) 580-0099.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 5:30 - 8:30 pm — Karen and Andrew will sign copies of THE FLAVOR BIBLE and WHAT TO DRINK WITH WHAT YOU EAT at the National Press Club Book Fair (529 14th Street, NW; 13th Floor) in Washington, DC. (To be confirmed.) Web: npc.press.org/events/bookevents.cfm

September 27-29, 2008 — Karen and Andrew will be visiting Seattle on their book tour for THE FLAVOR BIBLE.

Sunday, September 28, 2008 at 6 pm — Karen and Andrew will be hosted for a dinner event hosted by Kim Ricketts Book Events and prepared by award-winning chef Matthew Dillon at The Corson Building in Seattle. Web: www.kimricketts.com

Wednesday, September 24, 2008 — Karen and Andrew will be hosted at the Salt Cellar in Vancouver to discuss their new book THE FLAVOR BIBLE. Web: www.salttastingroom.com

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 — Karen and Andrew will be hosted at Barbara-Jo's Books to Cooks in Vancouver to discuss their new book THE FLAVOR BIBLE. Web: www.bookstocooks.com

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at 9 am — Karen and Andrew will be interviewed by television host Fanny Kiefer on "Studio 4" in Vancouver about their new book THE FLAVOR BIBLE. Web: www.studio4.ca

Thursday, September 18, 2008 — Karen will be a featured Northwestern alumna panelist — along with novelist Loraine Despres and filmmaker Gayla Kretsch — on the subject of "Putting Creativity to Work" at Northwestern University's Council of 100 event in Chicago. Web: www.alumni.northwestern.edu/c100

Monday, September 15, 2008 — Karen is again among the array of actresses, anchors and authors (who this year will also include Carol Higgins Clark, Jill Eikenberry, Gael Greene, and Daphne Rubin-Vega) invited to be featured as a "Celebrity Sous Chef" at the 5th annual “A Second Helping of Life," a tasting event featuring some of New York's best women chefs (including Amy Scherber, Rebecca Charles and Anita Lo) to benefit SHARE: Self-Help for Women with Breast or Ovarian Cancer. The event will be held in New York City. Web: www.sharecancersupport.com

"On behalf of all of us at SHARE, thank you so much for participating in our fourth annual 'A Second Helping of Life' on September 17^th at Pier 60. We are thrilled to report that this was our biggest and, from what everyone has said, best event ever. And the statistics bear this out: The evening raised $425,000, $150,000 more than last year, drew 625 attendees (200 more than last year) and brought together 23 fabulous chefs and 22 terrific and very dedicated celebrities like you. You added a special pizzazz to the event and looked marvelous in your striped aprons. So many people have told us how excited they were to meet you and be served by you! It was such a great pleasure to join together with you to produce such a wonderful evening and we look forward to working together again next year at the event and perhaps during the year as well."
— Alice Yaker, Executive Director, SHARE (2007 event)

Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 11:30 am ET — Karen and Andrew discuss some of their new favorite wines (and, of course, their ideal food pairings — the subject of their award-winning book WHAT TO DRINK WITH WHAT YOU EAT) with "Food Talk" host Mike Colameco on WOR Radio 710 AM in New York City.

Wednesday, August 6, 2008 — Karen and Andrew will be hosted for a special event at Marche restaurant (located at the 5th Street Public Market) around their book WHAT TO DRINK WITH WHAT YOU EAT in Eugene, Oregon. Proceeds from the evening will benefit the Jane Eyre McDonald Voice Scholarship Fund at the Eugene Hearing & Speech Center.

Saturday, July 26, 2008 — Karen and Andrew attend the Chefs and Champagne event at Woffer Estate Vineyard in Bridgehampton. Web: www.jamesbeard.org

C100 members Linda Munger, Dr. Sue Sacks, Carey Graeber,
Karen Page, Kate Welling Boyle, Mary Kelly Selover, Vicki
Snoy, Lori Anne Czepiel, and Betsy Combier in NYC

Left: Karen meets Ronnie Wu NU '09, an intern at the James
Beard Foundation Right: Karen reconnects with Jeanne Ruan,
now of Morgan Stanley, who recalled meeting Karen at a
C100 event her freshman year. (What a memory!)

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 5:00 pm — Karen addresses and moderates Northwestern University's Council of 100 summer gathering in New York City, which is attended by nine percent of the organization's membership and an impressive array of women students and young alumnae. Web: www.alumni.northwestern.edu/c100

Karen Page with wines and Blue Smoke BBQ
in the studio for "The Leonard Lopate Show"

Friday, July 18, 2008 at 1 pm ET — WHAT TO DRINK WITH WHAT YOU EAT will be featured on a segment on what to drink with barbecue with host Leonard Lopate on WNYC Radio in New York City. Listen in at 93.9 FM and AM 820. Web: www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate

Sunday, July 13, 2008 at 8 am — Karen and Andrew run the Naples-New York Park-to-Park 10K (6.2-mile) Race in Manhattan's Central Park.

Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 11:30 am ET — Karen and Andrew discuss wines to drink this summer (and, of course, their ideal food pairings — the subject of their award-winning book WHAT TO DRINK WITH WHAT YOU EAT) with "Food Talk" host Mike Colameco on WOR Radio 710 AM in New York City.

July 4-5, 2008 Event / Friday, July 4, 2008 from 4-6 pm Panel — Karen and Andrew are invited to participate in a panel discussion on "Flavors of Tomorrow" at the Gastronomy by the Seine festival being held in Paris, as the first-ever celebration of New American cuisine in the world's historic capital of gastronomy. Fellow panelists from America include Michael Batterberry of Food Arts magazine and Gael Greene of New York magazine, in addition to a number of France-based participants. Web: www.gastronomyfestivals.com

Summer 2008 — Karen is interviewed by Shyema Azam on stocking your summer bar for Marie Claire magazine.

Sunday, June 22, 2008 at 8:30 am — Karen and Andrew run the Hope and Possibility 5-Mile Race (hosted by the Achiles Track Club, featuring special guest actor Anthony Edwards) in Manhattan's Central Park, along with a particularly inspiring group of 3,000 fellow runners who included New York State Governor David Paterson and Trisha Meili, author of I Am the Central Park Jogger: A Story of Hope and Possibility.

Friday, June 20, 2008 — Karen and Andrew are interviewed about their best summer wine picks for "Good Morning America Now." Web: abcnews.com

Sunday, June 15, 2008 at 8:30 am — Karen and Andrew run the WABC Fight Against Prostate Cancer Father's Day 5-Mile Race in Manhattan's Central Park.

Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 9 am — Karen runs the New York Mini (Women's 10K race) in Manhattan's Central Park.

Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 8 am — Karen and Andrew run the Japan Day 4-Mile Race in Manhattan's Central Park.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 11:30 am — Karen is an invited guest to the Audubon Society's Fifth Annual Women in Conservation Luncheon at The Plaza in New York City. Emceed by Sigourney Weaver, the 2008 Rachel Carson Awards went to Teresa Heinz Kerry, Bette Midler, and the Women's Committee of the Central Park Conservancy.

Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 9 am — Karen and Andrew run the Healthy Kidney 10K in Manhattan's Central Park.

Tuesday, May 6, 2008 — Karen will be a featured alumna speaker at an event also featuring uber-restaurateur Danny Meyer (head of Union Square Hospitality Group) hosted by Northwestern University in New York City.

Thursday, May 1, 2008 — Karen and Andrew are invited to introduce the special guest chef from Zola restaurant Bryan Moscatello and winemaker Janet Trefethen at dinner at the James Beard House in New York City. Web: www.jamesbeard.org

Sunday, April 20, 2008 at 9 am — Karen and Andrew run the four-mile Adidas Run for the Parks in Manhattan's Central Park.

Monday, April 14, 2008 — Karen and Andrew plan to attend the annual dinner of the Wine Century Club at Jimmy's No. 43 in New York City.

Spring 2008 — Edward Behr reviews WHAT TO DRINK WITH WHAT YOU EAT in his quarterly newsletter the Art of Eating. Web: www.artofeating.com

Wednesday, April 9, 2008 — Karen and Andrew wish the Inn at Little Washington a very happy 30th anniversary celebration in Washington, DC. Web: theinnatlittlewashington.com

Saturday, April 5, 2008 — Karen and Andrew address the 10th Annual Purdue University Black Tie Dinner in West Lafayette, Indiana, which is a fundraiser for Purdue University's School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. www.purdueblacktie.com

Thursday, April 3, 2008 at 11 am ET — Karen and Andrew discuss wine and food pairings (the subject of WHAT TO DRINK WITH WHAT YOU EAT) with "Food Talk" host Mike Colameco on WOR Radio in New York City.

"It's wine day — we're just going to do it in a big way today...My first guests — and I'm thrilled to have them — are Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page, authors of WHAT TO DRINK WITH WHAT YOU EAT, among many, many other books. It's a great book...one of my favorites."
—Mike Colameco, host of "Food Talk" on WOR Radio
(April 3, 2008)

Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 7:30 pm — Karen and Andrew plan to attend Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects' and The Orchestra of St. Luke's world premiere production of "Dido & Aeneas" at LaGuardia Performing Arts High School, 100 Amsterdam Avenue, in Manhattan. Through this production — a new spin on the 1689 opera composed by Henry Purcell with libretto by Nahum Tate featuring eight dancers, a 13 piece orchestral ensemble, six vocal soloists and the LaGuardia Performing Arts High School Senior Chorus — Oberfelder is creating a contemporary piece exploring universal themes of love and fate through the lens of fame. General Admission is $25, Students $10. Tickets may be purchased at the door and online at  www.jodyoberfelder.com or www.oslmusic.org.

Saturday, March 15, 2008 from 1-3 pm — Join us in Tucson: Karen and Andrew team up with James Beard Award-winning chef Janos Wilder to offer a food and wine pairing seminar (with cooking demos by Wilder) at Janos, long considered to be the best restaurant in Tucson. Space is limited. Web: www.janos.com

Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 7:15 am — Karen and Andrew are scheduled to be interviewed on Martha Stewart’s Morning Living with Kim Fernandez & Betsy Karetnick about WHAT TO DRINK WITH WHAT YOU EAT for breakfast. Web: www.marthastewart.com

Sarah Weddington, the trial attorney who argued and won
Roe v. Wade, delivers special remarks at Christie's

Hon. Leslie Crocker Snyder and Karen Page at Christie's

David Waltuck's team cooks our WCF dinner

Chanterelle chef David Waltuck and staff cook up a storm!

Painstakingly topping quail eggs with caviar eggs

A gorgeous plate of hors d'oeuvres ready to be passed

Monday, March 10, 2008; 6 pm cocktails, 7:30 pm dinner — The Women's Campaign Forum holds its annual Parties of Your Choice Gala, offering New Yorkers the opportunity to gather for cocktails at Christie's followed by dinner in one of 14 of Manhattan's loveliest homes with some of its most interesting residents enjoying dinners prepared by some of the city's best chefs — all to raise funds to support more pro-choice women from all parties to run for political office. Featured guests at this year's dinners include Karen Page (at a dinner prepared by Chanterelle's four-star chef-owner David Waltuck) as well as Laura Day, Donny Deutsch, Marshall Loeb, Leonard Lopate, Danny Meyer, and many more. Web: www.wcfonline.org

Sunday, February 3, 2008 at 9 am — On Super Sunday, Karen and Andrew run the four-mile NYRR Gridiron Classic in New York City's Central Park.

February 1, 2008 — Karen and Andrew are interviewed on food and wine pairing secrets in Bottom Line Personal.

Saturday, January 12, 2008 at 9 am — Karen and Andrew run the five-mile Fred Lebow Classic — remembering the late New York City Marathon co-founder and NYRR president Fred Lebow (who died of brain cancer in 1994) — in New York City's Central Park.

January 2008 — Karen is interviewed by Anne Marie Cloutier for an article on what to drink with pizza in Country Living.

EVENTS

Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page are popular speakers to a wide variety of audiences. They draw on the experiences of America’s leading chefs and restaurateurs to deliver informative, insightful and often humorous presentations on such topics as career management, creativity, customer service, excellence, leadership, and “living the food life.”

They have appeared in a wide array of venues, including:

• The 92nd Street Y (New York City)
• Academy of Culinary Arts - ACC  (New Jersey)
• Al Forno restaurant (Providence, RI)
• American Institute of Wine & Food  (AIWF)
• American Wine Society national conference
• Barnes & Noble's Booksellers University (New York City)
• The Book and The Cook  (Philadelphia)
• Columbia Business School Alumni Club of New York
• The Culinary Institute of America (Hyde Park and Napa Valley)
• Dallas Morning News Wine and Food Festival
• Draeger's
• Ft. Bend Wine & Food Affair
• Harvard Business School
• Harvard Business School Club of New York
• International Association of Culinary Professionals annual conference
• James Beard House (New York City)
• L’Academie de Cuisine (Gaithersburg, MD)
• Les Dames d’Escoffier (Washington, DC)
• Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
• National Press Club (Washington, DC)
• National Restaurant Association convention (Chicago)
• New York Restaurant Show
• Northwest Book Festival (Seattle)
• Northwestern University Alumni Club  (New York City)
• R.J. Julia  (Madison, CT)
• The Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe College (Cambridge, MA)
• The Smithsonian Institute (Washington, DC)
• Sur La Table  (Seattle; 11/96)
• Symposium for Professional Food Writers at The Greenbrier (West Virginia)
• The International Alliance (NYC; Tampa)
• Women Chefs and Restaurateurs annual conference (New York City and Washington, DC)
• The Flavor Experience (San Diego)
• The Wood Company (Philadelphia)
• and numerous other culinary schools (as graduation and keynote speakers), conferences, and bookstores.

RAVE REVIEWS OF EVENTS

"As always, I was impressed with your cool, sophisticated lightheartedness in explaining your work."
— Dennis Ray Wheaton, chief dining critic, CHICAGO

"Congratulations on your 'Today' show spot — it was absolutely terrific. You were both excellent, and the book had extensive coverage (and a huge camera shot of the cover!). This should really boost sales!"

— Lisa Ekus, publicist and media trainer

“Your presentation was a perfect combination of factual information and humorous asides — something that very few speakers are able to pull off with as much aplomb as you both were.”
— The Smithsonian Institution

"We love you guys! You really know how to run a great discussion. If you ever decide to change careers, consider motivational speaking! Our customers went on and on about how they enjoyed listening to you both. Thanks so much for making the trip to our store, and continued success with your books!"

— Carol C., Barnes & Noble

"Thank you for visiting. We had a fantastic turnout, and have heard great feedback regarding the event. It was a pleasure to work with such wonderful presenters!"
— Kelly Kesner, Liberties Books & Music

“We wish to thank and congratulate you for an outstanding program presentation at the recent American Wine Society conference held in Greenwich, Connecticut. The reports from many of the attendees highlighted your program session as being outstanding, informative, well-organized and timely. A tribute to your talent and expertise. Best wishes for continued success."
— Gene Spaziani, Conference Chair, American Wine Society

“Even after having heard you speak previously, we were surprised by the quality and energy of your presentation to our group! Our members loved hearing the behind-the-scenes stories about some of America’s best chefs and restaurants, and the business lessons imparted were clear and memorable.”
— Columbia Business School Alumni Club of New York

“Karen, thank you for helping to make The Committee of 200's 20th Anniversary Conference [at which she participated in a panel discussion of 'rising stars'] a memorable one.”
— The Committee of 200

“Karen Page is the very best panel moderator we’ve ever seen.”
— The New York Restaurant Show

“Karen Page is a one-woman powerhouse.”
— Harvard Business School Bulletin

"Karen, thank you for helping make our second annual convention so successful. You definitely win the award for panel moderating! Many of the evaluations we received specifically commented on how terrific a moderator you are."
— Frankie Whitman, Executive Director, Women Chefs and Restaurateurs (May 1996)

"Karen, I should like to tell you how pleased I was to meet you and congratulate you on the way you conducted the panel discussion on 'The Future of Fine Dining' at the annual membership meeting of the North American Delegation of Relais & Châteaux [March 2004]. I was very impressed by the inside knowledge you have of the world of culinary arts and the way chefs, food writers and critics work and argue. I particularly liked the very elegant and sovereign way in which you responded to [some of the] comments...During my many years of involvement in communications as a facilitator and moderator, I have rarely experienced somebody so knowledgeable and charming."
— Paul A. Arend, Arend + Sharpe - Language Consultants (Frankfurt)

"I heard that your guests LOVED your program!"
— Jennifer Wallace, Program Production Manager, Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health (in the Berkshires)

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