Appearances
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.
Articles and Posts
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.
