cipsenSep 2, 20211 minSophie Coe PrizeI was pleased and flattered to learn that I am recipient of the 2021 Sophie Coe Prize for food history writing for my piece "From Cloth...
cipsenJul 12, 20203 minThe challenges of anti-racism in southern IndianaThe recent racist attack on a Black man in Monroe County propels the classic midwestern college town of Bloomington (home to Indiana...
cipsenMay 12, 20192 minTrani - May 2019Trani 12 May 2019 I’m just wrapping up my first week in Trani (and so Puglia). I managed to visit five different properties/olive groves...
cipsenNov 21, 20176 minCalifornia olive harvest 2017 – part IIMilling of the olives began the morning after they had been harvested. The mill, Pacific Sun, is located in Tehama County in the northern...