Tinky Weisblat
commentatorTinky “Dakota” Weisblat is writer, a singer, and a historian, who lives in Hawley, Massachusetts.
Weisblat has bachelor's degree from Mount Holyoke College (her mother's and grandmother's alma mater!), a doctorate in American Studies from the University of Texas, and a master's degree in journalism from the University of Tennessee.
She has worked in a variety of settings—teaching college, editing the catalog at the Museum of Television & Radio, introducing movies at a French film festival—but her first love is writing.
Her favorite topics are cooking and popular culture; she likes to explore the connections that link food, story, and song, and has an awful lot of fun while working, singing, and cooking.
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