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Articles,  Interviews, Podcasts
Colin McEnroe Show (Nov 2022)
Live interview about historical recipes on Connecticut NPR show
Gilded Age & Progressive Era podcast (Nov 2022)
Interviewed for “Food in the Gilded Age” episode
New York Times (Sep 2022)
Consultant for article on historical changes behind shifting meal times
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
Wall Street Journal (March 2022) Interviewed for article about Gilded Age architecture in connection with HBO's The Gilded Age
Grist (November 2021)
Interviewed for article about the history of leftovers and sustainability
Huffington Post (May 2021)
Interviewed for article about the psychology of leftovers
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]
Salon (Dec 2019)
Author of "How Crisco Toppled Lard – and Made Americans Believers..." [reprinted from Conversation]
Houston Chronicle (Dec 2019)
Author of "How Crisco Toppled Lard – and Made Americans Believers..." [reprinted from Conversation]
Yahoo Finance (Dec 2019)
“The Crisco Revolution Made Americans Believers in Industrial Food" [reprinted from Conversation]
The Conversation (Dec 2019)
Author of "How Crisco Toppled Lard – and Made Americans Believers in Industrial Food"
The Food Fix Podcast (March 2019)
Interview about the What America Ate Project
Lansing State Journal (Jan 2019)
Quoted in article about the What America Ate project
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]
Quartzy (November 2018)
Interviewed for story about Thanksgiving and the history of sweet potato casserole
ABC Life (October 2018)
Quoted in Australian Broadcasting Corporation story about children's picky eating and history
Radio National, Australia (July 2018)
Interviewed for featured segment about the history of children's picky eating
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
The Show (December 2017)
Interviewed about the history of pudding for NPR affiliate in Phoenix
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]
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”
Washington Post (October 2017)
Interviewed for "Why Americans Have Stopped Eating Leftovers"
Zócalo Public Square (Oct 2017)
Author of “How Recipe Cards and Cookbooks Fed a Mobile, Modernizing America” [reprinted from Smithsonian Magazine]
Smithsonian Magazine (Sep 2017)
Author of "The Making of the Modern American Recipe"
Portland Press Herald (Oct 2017)
Interviewed for story about the history of "The New American Cookbook"
City Pulse [Lansing] (August 2017)
Interviewed about Food in the American Gilded Age
City Pulse [Lansing] (August 2017)
Interviewed for "Summer of Food: A Look at the Origins of the Natural Food Movement"
BBC Interview (June 2017)
Interview subject on food decay and preservation for “Talking Rot” episode of BBC Food Chain podcast
PBS American Experience documentary (April 2017)
Interview subject for "The Great War" documentary
Mockingcast Podcast  (Feb 2017)
Interviewed for Food & Drink edition
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"
Washington Post story on eating habits (April 2016)
Interviewed for "Let's Stop Making Fun of Politicians for their Food Habits"
Forbes India story on the history of ghee (December 2015)
Interviewed for "A Brief History of Ghee in the U.S."
Fair Observer Podcast (Dec 2015)
Interviewed for "Food for Thought: Diet in History"
Michigan Radio’s Stateside story on leftovers (November 2015)
Interviewed for "A Fascinating Look at Americans' Relationship with Leftovers"

Wisconsin Public Radio story on leftovers (November 2015)
Interviewed for "How We View Leftovers"
Foodtank.com interview about leftovers  (November 2015) Interviewed for "Researching the Remains: A Leftovers Q&A"
NPR’s All Things Considered story on leftovers (October 2015)
Interviewed for "The History Of Our Love-Hate-Love Relationship With Leftovers”

The Atlantic magazine (Oct 2015)
Author of “An Economic History of Leftovers"
Taste of the Past podcast on food of the Great Depression (Oct 2015)
Interviewed for "What America Ate Project"
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”

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”

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”

Lansing State Journal story on American Food in History series (September 2014)
Research featured in “MSU Book Series Offers Glimpse of Culinary History”


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”

Boston Globe article on home economics (Fall 2013)
Interviewed for “Bring Back Home Ec!”
Boston Globe article on food history (November 2012)
Interviewed for "Vintage Cookbooks Reveal Secrets of America's Past" 

New York Times, Room for Debate (December 2011)
Author of “Making Statements, Not Pastries"
Huffington Post article on Civil War Food (October 2011)
Interviewed for  “Gadsby's Tavern Civil War Wine Dinner: Inspired, in Part, By History”

New York Times, featured Op-Ed (September 2011)
Author of “Time to Revive Home Ec"
CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) Program, Radio Q (September 2011)
Interview, “Should Home Economics be Revived?”
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”
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