Academic Writing Select work written between 2020-2023 for NYU MA Food Studies curriculum Thesis Cheap Margaritas and Melted Cheese: "Mexican" Food as a Vehicle for Cultural Performance on St. Mark's Place Star Struck: How New York Times Restaurant Critics Favor Legacy Over Legitimacy Fondue Party: The 1970s Dinner Party as a Social, Cultural, and Historical Inflection Point Betty Crocker: Unpretentious or Uncouth? How the Homemaking Icon Defined Middle-Class Taste in Mid-Twentieth Century America