She is also a PhD candidate in the History Department at Boston University. She organized the 2006 conference, held at Boston University and edited and co-edited the abstracts for Appetite, most recently for the 2011 conference and she was Guest Editor of a special issue of the journal Food and Foodways on chocolate. She is currently the administrator for the 2012 ASFS book, article and pedagogy awards. She has been an active member of ASFS since 2005. She was elected to the board in 2006, re-elected in 2012, and elected to serve as Secretary from 2013-2014. b_forres@culinary.edu