Cider With Maria

Cider With Maria is the website and blog for Maria Kennedy, PhD.

Welcome to a resource for writing, scholarship, and audio-visual materials on landscape, orchards, cider, folklore, and more!


Exhibit Review: Maria Prymachenko: Glory to Ukraine

Produced by The Ukrainian Museum by Peter Doroshenko (review) Published in the Journal of American Folklore Earlier this year, I published a review in the Journal of American Folklore of a wonderful exhibit which passed through…

Publication: Plant Perspectives

“Exploring Un-cultivation in America: Discourses of Wild and Foraged Apples” I’m excited to share a new publication in the journal Plant Perspectives! This publication is a special issue: “Tree cultures and the arboreal humanities” edited by…

American Food Course 2025

I’m excited to be teaching a new course this semester in the Department of American Studies at Rutgers University New Brunswick: “American Food.” This course was originally developed by my colleague Dr. Carla Cevasco, but…

The First Day of Christmas

Query This query grew out of a very fun interview I did with a Children’s News program called First Stop News. I had a lovely time talking with the team at First Stop News and…


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