She is the author of Empire of Vines: Wine Culture in America (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013), wrote the chapter “Alcohol” for the Routledge History of American Foodways (2016), and has several other articles published in the Chronicle of Higher Education, ISLE, American Studies, and Yoganonymous. She has lived in Ashland for the past decade and is an avid gardener and orchid grower. Currently she has two book projects simmering, both focusing on the history of botany.