 She began teaching classes focusing on food writing and food history beginning in 1993 at Columbia University, the French Culinary Institute, NYU’s Food Studies program, and the New School University's Food Studies department.Early on in her career, Fussell edited many of her former husband Paul Fussell's works of literary criticism and military history.She became a columnist for "Country Journal", a contributing editor to "Lear’s", the editor of AIWF publication, "Wine, Food & the Arts" (1996, 1997), and is a current contributing editor to "Food Arts".