Prior to her re-entry to academia to study the history of American food culture at Columbia University's Paris campus, Chloe-Rose Crabtree was a Los Angeles pastry chef. Her research focuses on how 19th-century domestic science in the United States impacted the acceptance of women in higher education and the creation of a “true” American identity. She is currently based in London where she continues to bake compulsively and examine the ways in which cultural perceptions influence our relationship to the food we eat and the people that feed us. You can find her on Twitter @honeypiebaking.