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Sarah Wassberg Johnson is an author and frequent interviewee of journalists. Want to interview her? Make a media request.
PUBLICATIONS
  • "From the Church Basement: Scandinavian Baking Traditions Fit for a Saint" High Plains Reader
  • “Classic 1920s Orange Drop Cookies” TheKitchn.com
  • “1930s Vintage Pinwheel Cookies” TheKitchn.com 
  • “Honey Cookies with Lemon and Nutmeg (1940s)” TheKitchn.com
  • “Classic Spritz Cookies (1950s)” TheKitchn.com
  • “The Original Peanut Butter Blossoms (1960s)” TheKitchn.com
  • “Classic Moravian Christmas Cookies (1970s)” The Kitchn.com
  • “Classic 1980s Seven Layer Bars” TheKitchn.com
  • “Simple Espresso Shortbread (1990s)” TheKitchn.com
  • “The Original Chocolate Brownie Cookies (2000s)” TheKitchn.com
  • “Classic Salted Caramel Thumbprints (2010s)” TheKitchn.com
TELEVISION
  • "Eat Me, or Try Not To" Curiosity Stream
  • "Consumers spending more at the grocery, reversing decades of increased restaurant spending" ABC Denver News Channel 7
  • "The Food That Built America" miniseries, The History Channel​, seasons 1 & 2
  • "The Rise and Fall of Jello" Business Insider
RADIO & PODCASTS
  • "Paul Janeway: Kraft Macaroni & Cheese"  - Your Last Meal podcast
  • "Sarah Wassberg Johnson Interview" - Main Street, Prairie Public Radio
  • "Sarah Wassberg Johnson (The Food Historian)" - the Well-Seasoned Librarian podcast
  • "The Food That Built America" podcast, OZY & The History Channel
  • "Baloney Deserves Respect" - Proof, the America's Test Kitchen Podcast
  • "What Makes Midwestern Food Unique?" - Eat Your Heartland Out, Heritage Radio Network
  • "Eggs vs. milkshakes - the history of protest foods" - Blueprint for Living, Radio National Australia
  • "The Pretty Big Problem of Ugly Food" - Proof, America's Test Kitchen
PRINT & DIGITAL
  • February 17, 2022: "How do you follow up an online cookbook with 15 million downloads?" Input Magazine
  • February 1, 2022: "I Used To Hate Breakfast—Until I Did This" Yahoo!Life
  • November 22, 2021: "Cranberries, stuffing and turkey: Why do some Thanksgiving foods divide the dinner table?" USA Today
  • July 28, 2021: "San Francisco chefs are bringing back this much-maligned 1950s dish" SF Gate
  • July 2, 2021: "Bake Victory Cake, the Simple, Inspiring Treat of Wartime America" Gastro Obscura
  • June 27, 2021: "What we learn from the study of diets of previous wars and pandemics" The Indian Express
  • April 1, 2021: "The Untold Truth of Grape-Nuts" Mashed.com
  • November 26, 2020: "Why there was no pumpkin pie at the first Thanksgiving - and other Thanksgiving pie myths debunked" Yahoo!Life
  • November 25, 2020: "Thanksgiving's most popular side is surprising — and a 50s childhood favorite" Yahoo!Life
  • November 23, 2020: "Why Everyone’s Suddenly Hoarding Mason Jars" Medium.com
  • August 28, 2020: "Classic American Recipes Through the Decades" Thedailymeal.com
  • August 26, 2020: "How did vanilla come to mean boring? Blame colonialism" Mic.com
  • August 2, 2020: "Which hot dog are you? The enduring appeal of regional food in the global digital age" Salon.com
  • July 22, 2020: "How hot dogs became a pandemic staple as Americans faced the uncertainty of the coronavirus" Yahoo!Life
  • June 25, 2020: "22 Things You Didn't Know About Jell-O" Cheapism
  • June 12, 2020: "Just Cook From the Back of the Box" Eater
  • April 29, 2020: "In 1950, Americans Had Aspic. Now We Have Dalgona Coffee" The Atlantic
  • April 16, 2020: "How Banana Bread Became the Unofficial Baked Good of COVID-19" Well + Good
  • February 13, 2020: "Looking for Blood" Eater.com
  • November 26, 2019: "Why President Coolidge Never Ate His Thanksgiving Raccoon" Atlas Obscura
  • November 26, 2019: "After WWII, Mutton Fell Out Of Favor In The U.S. Can It Make A Comeback?" NPR
  • November 21, 2019: "American History as Told By 7 Vintage Pies" Matador Network
  • November 13, 2019: "Pass Along Traditions With a Family Cookbook" NextAvenue
  • October 17, 2019: "The New Definition of American Cuisine" Well+Good
  • September 20, 2019: "Why Bear Fat Makes for Better Baking" Atlas Obscura
  • August 27, 2019: "I tried vintage recipes from a '50s cookbook and I see why Jell-O salads aren't popular anymore" Insider.com
  • August 27, 2019: "Why Lunch Is Even More Important Than Dinner for Healthy Eaters" Well + Good
  • August 5, 2019: "How an Accidental Invention Changed What Americans Eat for Breakfast" History.com
  • July 26, 2019: "What the 'milkshaking' zeitgeist says about our relationship to politics" Abc.net.au
  • July 11, 2019: "It's 7/11 Day" CNN.com
  • May 14, 2019: "In Memoriam: The Trashy Mall Food Court Smoothie of the 90s" Vice
  • March 8, 2019: "The Scientific Reasons Why Sweet-and-Salty Foods Turn Us Into Snack Monsters" Well+Good
  • January 30, 2019: "Fact: the Healthiest Foods Are Now Found in the Freezer Aisle" Well+Good
  • October 22, 2018: "Is Alt-Milk Still Milk? Inside the Food Lexicon Debate the FDA has Final Ruling On" Well+Good
  • October 9, 2018: "Why We Love Avocado Toast: How a Healthy Food Trend Gets Made" Well+Good
  • "An Oral History of Iconic American Fast Food Chains" Fashionbeans.com (sadly this article has been removed!)

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