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Melanie Haupt
Melanie Haupt earned her PhD in English at the University of Texas at Austin. In addition to her academic work, she is a blogger and freelance writer focusing on food criticism, up-and-coming dining culture, and historic Austin foodways. She is particularly interested in the intersections of feminism and the food industry.
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Dripping Springs Keeps Growing, But Can the Dining Scene Keep Up?
Austin real estate pushes restaurateurs beyond city limits
Food Feature, Jun. 8, 2017
Does Food Really Help Us Through Trying Times?
Soothing negative emotions with fat, carbohydrates, and sugar
Food Feature, May. 4, 2017
The Difficulties of Dining With Kids
Is the restaurant industry making a bad situation worse?
Food Feature, Mar. 2, 2017
How Austin Restaurants Are Leading the Trump Era Resistance
Economically culture-jamming the new administration
Food Feature, Feb. 9, 2017
The Wangs vs. the World
Chang's alternately humorous and poignant novel explores what it means to be American when the notion of America wears away
Arts Feature, Nov. 3, 2016
Finding Community With Bread Church
Local parish comes together around baking
Food Feature, Jul. 21, 2016
What the Hell Is Mighty Swell?
Introducing the post-millennial wine cooler
Food Feature, Jul. 14, 2016
Selling Feminism One Box at a Time
Girl Scout cookies are arguably the most misunderstood foodstuff in American culture
Food Feature, Jan. 21, 2016
Top 10 Sandwiches*
Food Feature, Dec. 31, 2015
A House of My Own: Stories From My Life
In this collection of essays, letters, lectures, and more, Sandra Cisneros opens wide the doors to the house of her life
Arts Feature, Oct. 15, 2015
All the Houses
Austin novelist Karen Olsson mines the world of Washington, D.C., in the Eighties to explores memory, loss, and desire
Arts Feature, Oct. 15, 2015
Corner
The restaurants of the JW Marriott
Food Feature, Oct. 8, 2015
Burger Bar
Food Feature, Oct. 8, 2015
Knowing One's Station
What does it mean to be the hostess with the mostest?
Food Feature, Jun. 18, 2015
Texas Honey Ham
Still going strong after arson-robbery
Food Feature, Jun. 11, 2015
Nick Offerman's Gumption
The Parks & Rec actor profiles 21 of his personal heroes who have worked to make the world a better place
Arts Feature, Jun. 11, 2015
Nick Offerman at BookPeople
The Parks and Rec star read from his new book Gumption and explained his missing mustache
Arts Feature, Jun. 11, 2015
Austin Food and Wine Festival Bites: Part Two
Innovative vegetables and vertical integration
Food Daily, Apr. 28, 2015 3:45 PM
The Fembot Gambit
Oscar Isaac reflects on Ex Machina
Screens Feature, Apr. 16, 2015
Good Sports
Austin food should go to bat
Food Feature, Apr. 9, 2015
SXSW Film Review: Deep Time
Doc looks at the toll an oil boom took on one North Dakota town
SXSW Daily, Mar. 19, 2015 3:34 PM
SXSW Film Review: Stone Barn Castle
Renovation porn starring actor Adrien Brody
SXSW Daily, Mar. 18, 2015 9:21 PM
SXSW Film: Breakfast Club Still Fresh After 30 Years
Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy celebrate restored print
SXSW Daily, Mar. 17, 2015 12:04 PM
SXSW: Food Criticism in the Digital Age
How blogging and social media are killing and saving critics
SXSW Daily, Mar. 17, 2015 11:00 AM
Do Cyborgs Dream of Uninterrupted Sleep?
Wearables, fashion, and the reality of the feminist cyborg
Screens Feature, Mar. 12, 2015
The Folk Hero We Deserve
Seeing double of Jason Schwartzman
Screens Feature, Mar. 12, 2015
Part-Time Love
The film 5 to 7 finds love in brief pockets of time
Screens Feature, Feb. 12, 2015
Thai-Brids
Blurring the lines of Thai cuisine
Food Feature, Feb. 5, 2015
All About That Banchan
Singing the praises of Austin's unsung Korean cuisine
Food Feature, Jan. 29, 2015
The Year in Food
The 2014 tastes we just couldn't stop thinking about
Food Feature, Dec. 31, 2014
Season's Eatings
Our guide to finally shutting up your in-laws
Food Feature, Dec. 4, 2014
Bless Their Heart
Olamaie's Southern is everything but down-home
Food Feature, Dec. 4, 2014
Well-Behaved? Let's Assume Not.
This meticulous biography paints a stunning portrait of the late-blooming English author
Arts Feature, Nov. 26, 2014
Fair Use?
Players and the UT expansion machine
Food Feature, Nov. 13, 2014
School for Scandal
In Scandals of Classic Hollywood, UT grad Anne Helen Petersen analyzes the machinery of celebrity gossip
Screens Feature, Oct. 23, 2014
Can Thug Kitchen Stand the Heat?
Controversial bloggers visit Austin tomorrow
Food Daily, Oct. 15, 2014 3:30 PM
ACL Live Shot: Lorde
17-year-old New Zealander waxes cool blue and icy
Music Daily, Oct. 13, 2014 11:46 AM
ACL Live Shot: Belle & Sebastian
Glaswegian vets arc across their catalog in 62 minutes
Music Daily, Oct. 11, 2014 12:16 PM
ACL Music Fest 2014 Friday Reviews – Second Weekend
ACL Friday live shots
Music Feature, Oct. 9, 2014
ACL Music Fest 2014 Saturday Interviews – Second Weekend
Saturday ACL performers mouth off – again!
