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**Food Tank — Remote (food think tank)**

“Arkansas Agriculture Spokeswoman: Dicamba is “Dividing our Farming Community,“ September 2017 (news coverage)
“Sombra Mezcal Founder Richard Betts on Balancing Tradition with Sustainability,“ September 2017 (profile Q&A)
“Trump’s Regulatory Rollback Could Reshape the Food System,” August 2017 (analytical interviews)
“Ethiopian Coffee Is Being Endangered by Climate Change,” July 2017 (food news)

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**Vox Magazine — Columbia, MO (weekly city magazine)**

“Columbia’s hidden figure: Verna Laboy brings Annie Fisher to life,” August 2017 (feature on food, race, and historiography — the magazine’s cover story. View it in print here.)
“Artistic local chefs and bakers teach us to feast with our eyes,” June 2017 (print issue food feature)
- “The process of plating,” sidebar story
- “Art of latte tulips,” sidebar story
“Columbia’s first Restaurant Week highlights downtown dining,” June 2017 (city food news)
“‘Norman’ thrills with intricately woven drama,” June 2017 (movie review)
“Q&A: Root Cellar associate unpacks the food box program,” June 2017 (community food story)

**The Tower Magazine — Washington, D.C.**

“On the Virtues of Amba: It’s the most important Israeli condiment you’ve never heard of. And it’s made from mangos,” August 2015 (longform food feature)

**MOVE Magazine — Columbia, MO (campus magazine)**

“Inside Pizza Tree’s new late-night pizza delivery window,” September 2016 (I spent time behind the scenes to learn about a local pizza shop’s new nighttime service)

“Filling holes in the ‘doughnut’ vs. ‘donut’ debate,” September 2015 (tongue-in-cheek linguistic analysis)

“Pizza Tree > Shakespeare’s: A Shakespearean sonnet,”September 2015 (How better to express my dislike for a local restaurant called Shakespeare’s Pizza than a Shakespearean sonnet?)

“Hot Box clinches the crown in Columbia cookie comparison,” September 2015 (humorous review of two competing cookie bakeries)

**The Maneater — Columbia, MO (campus newspaper)**

“Deck the halls: A look inside dining hall decorations,” December 2015 (feature)

“Infusion to begin offering Kaldi’s coffee in January,” December 2015 (campus news)

“Second campus Starbucks location to open in Dobbs replacement in fall 2017,” October 2015 (campus news)

“CDS Executive Chef Eric Cartwright focuses on creative scratch cooking,” May 2015 (profile feature)

**Columbia Missourian — Columbia, MO (daily city paper)**

“Say cheese: MidiCi, West Main Pizza2 restaurants to open soon in Columbia,” February 2016 (food news)