I am obsessed with the sweet, fresh taste of peppermints. Every Christmas, in order to be festive, my parents and I would decorate the stair banisters in our house to look like candy canes, and my mom and I would also make a delicious peppermint ice cream pie with Oreo crust (find the recipe below).… Continue reading A Peppermint Party
Isn’t a freezing cold, creamy ice cream cone with bold flavors one of the best things you can eat on a hot summer day? One of my favorite memories that I had recently was when my friend Beth and I were drinking cocktails, watching “Sex and the City,” and sharing birthday cake ice cream. It… Continue reading The Scoop on Ice Cream
Hi everyone! Wow, it has been an incredibly busy, but wonderful few weeks (therefore, please accept my sincerest apologies for the major delay in posting time!) This past weekend, I had the amazing opportunity to present my research about the representation of gender through the usage of food metaphors in hip-hop and pop music from… Continue reading Food, Feminism, and Hip-Hop: My Presentation for the Robyn Rafferty Mathias Research Conference in Washington, DC
