Author Appearances Lecture Programs: From Soup to Gnats The Compleat Cockroach Travelling Road Show The Secret Life of Slugs Show Appearance Schedule Booking   Coming Soon to a Venue Near You! Photo by Frank Ross Why watch Fear Factor on TV when you can be a bug-eater at any of these exciting venues? If you haven't already done so, please bookmark this page -- we'll soon be posting even more fabulous opportunities to sample Chef David George Gordon's outrageous fare in 2008. Upcoming: Children's Museum of Memphis, TN June 6 - 7 McWane Science Center, Birmingham, AL June 9 Monroe, WA, Public Library June 25 Black Diamond, WA, Public Library June 26 Covington, WA, Public Library June 26 Discovery Science Center, Santa Ana, CA July 19 If you can't beat 'em, eat 'em! From Soup to Gnats: The Essentials of Bug-Cookery This is an informative and entertaining public program, presented by David George Gordon, and featuring color slides, videotape segments, and- what else? -- live cooking demonstrations. It begins with an overview of the world's bug-eating cultures. It presents compelling arguments in support of entomophagy (Point-of-fact: A dried grasshopper's body is more than 60-percent protein, twice that of chicken or beef) and offers practical advice on obtaining and preparing crickets, mealworms, bee larvae and other bug delicacies. For the program's grand finale, several audience members help prepare a sumptuous bug dish on-stage. Then the crowd is invited to sample the exotic fare -- Orthopteran Orzo (in which crickets give the pasta salad an extra kick), Pest-O (common vine weevils get their comeuppance in a delicate basil sauce) or other treats from The Eat-a-Bug Cookbook's pages. How can I get Gordon to cook bugs for me? We are now accepting invitations to bring From Soup to Gnats to cities in North America and to conduct individual workshops for school groups. We are also available to participate in insect festivals, nature celebrations or other special events. BOOKING Bug cuisine has spectators squirming at San Francisco's Exploratorium. Step Into a World That, Until Now, You've Only Stepped On... David George Gordon invites you to explore the exciting world of the cockroach-- from the jungles of Equatorial Africa to the corridors of the Cockroach Hall of Fame in Plano, Texas.. It's all part of The Compleat Cockroach Traveling Road Show, a multimedia tribute to the insect we such deeply love to loathe. This one-hour public springs to life with music, color slides, video clips and other treasures from Gordon's treasure trove of cockroach-abilia. Audience members are treated to the basics of: Cockroach Biology: Where the world's 4,000 roach species live, what they eat, and why some have chosen to make our homes their homes. Cockroach Control: Effective strategies for keeping roaches at bay-- or as pets! Cockroach Culture: From Aristophanes to Archy, Kafka's The Metamorphosis to MTV, the rich legacy of roaches in song, dance, and... motion pictures. We are now accepting invitations to bring The Compleat Cockroach Traveling Road Show to cities in North America, and to conduct individual workshops for school groups. We are also available to participate in insect festivals , nature celebrations or other special events. BOOKING Dear Mr. Gordon, I love your books. I have read The Field Guide to the Slug but I especially liked The Complete Cockroach. I have liked insects for a year and I am 9 years old. My favourite animal is (you guessed it) the cockroach. Madagascan Hissing Cockroaches are one of my favourite cockroaches. I used to have a Hissing Cockroaches but it was old when I got it and it died a month later. I named him Butch because he was so big. Now I have a Brazilian Giant Cockroach named Pele. The only thing I do not like about Blaberus Giganteus is that they are so fast. Do you still have Estelle, Richard, Bonnie, Sally and Louise? When I grow up I want to be an entomolgist and an "insect Picasso" Well, bye for now. Sincerely, Nathan Vedal The Secret Life of Slugs What's hermaphroditic, filled with green blood, cruises around on one foot and packs more teeth in its mouth than a shark? The Answer: any of the more than 4,000 species of gastropod mollusks commonly known as slugs. Fun facts like these are but part of the appeal of The Secret Life of Slugs, the perfect one-hour program for the next meeting of your garden society or nature club. The author of the celebrated Field Guide to the Slug, naturalist David George Gordon invites audiences to explore the Seven Wonders of Slugdom -- and to look at North America's most fascinating garden inhabitant from a fresh perspective. Assisted by Gordon's astounding collection of color slides and exclusive video clips, you'll get up-close and personal with North America's slugs and their snail relatives. Watch as a slug surfs on a layer of its own slime, reaching peak cruising speeds of .002 miles per hour! Thrill to the slug's elaborate courtship rituals and mating strategies -- guaranteed to curl your hair! Marvel at the banana slug -- the Pacific Northwest's mega-mollusk, which can grow to a length of ten inches and weigh one quarter of a pound. Cheer for the University of California at Santa Cruz and its choice of the slug as a mascot. Learn the secrets of slug control in your garden, without toxic chemicals or expensive devices for excluding slugs from you beds. We guarantee that after attending one of Gordon's popular workshops, you and your guests will never again say "Ugh, a slug"... or pour salt on one of these highly evolved invertebrates, just for fun. How can I get Gordon to share his knowledge of slugs with me? We are now accepting invitations to bring The Secret Life of Slugs to cities in North America and to conduct individual workshops for school groups or garden clubs. We are also available to participate in nature festivals, outdoor celebrations or other special events. BOOKING For additional information or to schedule a presentation, contact: P.O. Box 25400 Seattle, Washington 98165-2300 206.841.6326 From Soup to Gnats | The Compleat Cockroach Travelling Road Show | The Secret Life of Slugs Show | Booking | Appearance Schedule