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Articles, Interviews, & Podcasts
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National Geographic (April 2025) Interviewed for article on the history of s'mores
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MSU Education (Feb 2025)
Featured in university newsletter article on no-screens policy and student community-building |
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Wall Street Journal (Feb 2024)
Interviewed for article on American pork consumption |
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If This Food Could Talk (Oct 2023)
Featured guest on American Public Television podcast about Jacques Pépin, leftovers, and thrift |
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New York Times (June 2022)
Interviewed for article about inflation, food prices, and meat consumption |
Vanity Fair (March 2022)
Interviewed for article about Gilded Age balls in connection with HBO's The Gilded Age |
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Wall Street Journal (March 2022) Interviewed for article about Gilded Age architecture in connection with HBO's The Gilded Age
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The Detroit News (Apr 2020)
Interviewed for article about cooking and shopping in times of food shortages |
Innovation Hub (Jan 2020)
Interview about Modern Food, Moral Food, Crisco and Industrial Food, and Picky Eating |
Smithsonian Magazine (Dec 2019)
Author of "How Crisco Made Americans Believers in Industrial Food" [reprinted from Conversation] |
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Houston Chronicle (Dec 2019)
Author of "How Crisco Toppled Lard – and Made Americans Believers..." [reprinted from Conversation] |
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The Conversation (Dec 2019)
Author of "How Crisco Toppled Lard – and Made Americans Believers in Industrial Food" |
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The Atlantic (November 2018)
Interviewed for story about the timing of Thanksgiving dinner |
Saturday Evening Post (Nov 2018)
Author of "The Rise of Cookbooks in America" [reprinted from Smithsonian Magazine] |
New Food Economy (Nov 2018)
Author of "How a Backlash Against 'Mixed Foods' Led to the Demise of a Classic American Dish" [reprinted from The Conversation] |
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Quartzy (November 2018)
Interviewed for story about Thanksgiving and the history of sweet potato casserole |
Radio National, Australia (July 2018)
Interviewed for featured segment about the history of children's picky eating |
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Radio National, Australia (May 2018)
Interviewed on Blueprint for Living program about the history of bowls, meal structure, and social class |
Quartzy (April 2018)
Interviewed about the history of bowls, meal structure, and social class |
Chicago Tribune (January 2018)
Interviewed about Americans' relationships to nutrition advice and diet fads in history |
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Washington Post (November 2017)
Author of "Why Did We Stop Eating Pudding at Thanksgiving?" [reprinted from The Conversation] |
Slate (November 2017)
Author of "What Killed Thanksgiving Puddings?" [reprinted from The Conversation] |
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Salon (November 2017)
Author of "Backlash against 'Mixed' Foods Led to the Demise of a One-Time American Staple" [reprinted from The Conversation] |
Smithsonian Magazine (Nov 2017)
Author of "Why You Won't See Pudding on the Thanksgiving Table" [reprinted from The Conversation] |
The Conversation (November 2017)
Author of “A Backlash Against 'Mixed' Foods Led to the Demise of a Classic American Dish” |
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Zócalo Public Square (Oct 2017)
Author of “How Recipe Cards and Cookbooks Fed a Mobile, Modernizing America” [reprinted from Smithsonian Magazine] |
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Portland Press Herald (Oct 2017)
Interviewed for story about the history of "The New American Cookbook" |
City Pulse [Lansing] (August 2017)
Interviewed for "Summer of Food: A Look at the Origins of the Natural Food Movement" |
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BBC Interview (June 2017)
Interview subject on food decay and preservation for “Talking Rot” episode of BBC Food Chain podcast |
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Gastropod episode on the history of chocolate (February 2017)
Interviewed for "We Heart Chocolate" podcast |
MEL magazine story on leftovers (November 2016)
Interviewed for "Why Are Thanksgiving Leftovers the Only Acceptable Leftovers?" |
Kitchn.com article on the history of canning (September 2016)
Interviewed for "A Look at the Enduring Allure of Canning and Preserving" |
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Michigan Radio’s Stateside story on leftovers (November 2015)
Interviewed for "A Fascinating Look at Americans' Relationship with Leftovers" |
Foodtank.com interview about leftovers (November 2015) Interviewed for "Researching the Remains: A Leftovers Q&A"
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NPR’s All Things Considered story on leftovers (October 2015)
Interviewed for "The History Of Our Love-Hate-Love Relationship With Leftovers” |
Taste of the Past podcast on food of the Great Depression (Oct 2015)
Interviewed for "What America Ate Project" |
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NPR story on history of American meals (September 2015)
Interviewed for “How Many Daily Meals Did We Used to Eat?” |
WKAR story on American Food in History series (September 2015)
Research featured in “MSU Author Looks at Civil War’s Influence on Southern Cuisine” |
New York Times article on African American cooking (Sep 2015)
Interviewed for “‘The Jemima Code’ Spotlights Forgotten Black Cooks” |
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Lansing State Journal story on Food in the Civil War Era: The South (August 2015)
Research featured in “Flavors of the Civil War South” |
New Hampshire Public Radio “Word of Mouth” program (July 2015)
Interview about Food in the Civil War Era: The South |
NPR article on Civil War food (June 2015)
Research featured in “Slavery, Famine And The Politics Of Pie: What Civil War Recipes Reveal” |
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Smithsonian magazine article (June 2015)
Research featured in “The Civil War’s Division of North and South is Reflected in Cookbooks” |
National Post (Canada) article on food and morality (May 2015) Interviewed for “The New Religion: How the Emphasis on ‘Clean Eating’ Has Created a Moral Hierarchy for Food”
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Lansing State Journal story on American Food in History series (September 2014)
Research featured in “MSU Book Series Offers Glimpse of Culinary History” |
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American Food Roots and National World War I Museum Mini-Documentaries (2014-15)
Series of videos about food in World War I |
Publisher’s Weekly story on American Food in History series (June 2014)
Research featured in “A History of America, through Food and Cookbooks” |
WKAR story on American Food in History series (May 2014)
Research featured in “Feeding the Yanks: MSU Historian explores Civil War Era Cookbooks” |
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Boston Globe article on food history (November 2012)
Interviewed for "Vintage Cookbooks Reveal Secrets of America's Past" |
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Huffington Post article on Civil War Food (October 2011)
Interviewed for “Gadsby's Tavern Civil War Wine Dinner: Inspired, in Part, By History” |
CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) Program, Radio Q (September 2011)
Interview, “Should Home Economics be Revived?” |
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Sound Medicine, Public Radio Program (September 2011)
Interview on the history and future of home economics in public schools |
NPR’s “Talk of the Nation” program (September 2011)
Feature interview “For Healthier Kids, Bring Back Home Ec” |
NPR’s Marketplace and WNYC program (2010-2011)
Consultant for two-part public radio feature on food and science, “Waiter, There’s a Physicist in my Soup” |
