Here are the untold tales of my master’s research: Discrimination as A Barrier to Romani Women’s Health and Empowerment: A Qualitative Study

Here’s a peek into my favorite specialty coffee shops in Paris. Last summer, needed desperately to decompress from a failed PhD program...

For the final Paris specialty coffee feature, I sat down for coffee with Caroline, France’s Champion Barista and Wholesale Manager at...

For this Paris specialty coffee feature, I sat down with Thomas, the co-founder of La Fontaine de Belleville to discuss his mission to...

The Winter 2018 issue of Gastronomica features my research paper “A Tale of Two Cities: Differences in Wine-Drinking Culture in Nice and...

The sugary sparkle of macarons bejeweled the summer that I lived in poverty in Marseille, France. The city was a glaring contrast of rich...

One of my favorite activities as a girl was to play tea party. Each day at precisely 3’o’clock, I would dress my teddy bear to the nines,...

As a child, chocolate was my weapon of choice. I lived with desserts on lock-down in a nutrition-conscious home. I nibbled at my main...

For this Paris specialty coffee feature, I sat down with Gaël, the co-founder of Matamata to discuss the rise of the co-working space and...

For this Paris specialty coffee feature, I sat down with Nico, the Founder of Holybelly, to discuss his intention to bring a little taste...

For this Paris specialty coffee feature, I spoke with Anselme, the owner of Ten Belles, to discuss the ways in which wine may be the...

For this Paris specialty coffee feature, I sat down with Paul, a roaster at Café Lomi, to discuss the city’s coffee scene and the ethical...

« Qu’est-ce qu’un vrai café ? » (“What is ‘true coffee’?”) was the opening question of a two-hour training at La Caféothèque. In any...

“If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young (wo)man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for...

I felt butterflies fluttering wildly in my stomach as I approached the door for my fateful blind date. The waiter at the reception said...

When most Southern Illinoisan kids hit age 21, we transition into adulthood with momentous ritual celebration. Our rites of passage into...