Dr. Goffe is an assistant professor at Cornell University where she holds a joint appointment in Africana Studies and Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. She has published recipes in cookbooks and magazines internationally. Prof. Goffe has been interviewed by VICE Munchies and other food media outlets. Her work explores Black diasporic intellectual histories, political, and ecological life on the plantations of the Americas. She studied English literature at Princeton University before pursuing a PhD at Yale University.

An avid home cook, she has given lectures on food histories at museums and has led corporate cooking demos. From aubergine curry to jerk snapper to vegan Jamaican patties, her recipes have been published in various collections and cookbooks. Prof. Goffe documents her cooking experimentation on ‘Gastropoetics of Tao’ her Instagram account @taoleighgoffe. She tweets @taoleighgoffe.