from the editor
Celebrating American Food | Darra Goldstein
borborygmus
Rumblings from the World of Food
orts and scantlings
Talking Turkey | Mark Morton
watched pot
The Pitcher | Tom Spleth
opinion
Include Me Out | Fred Chappell
poem
dinner, 1933 | Charles Bukowski
feast for the eye
Sandy Skoglund’s Cocktail Party | Ellen Wiley Todd
personal history
Family Style | Frank Bergon
photographs
Carrie May Weems Serves Up Substance | Vivian Patterson
Black Man with Chicken, Black Man with a Watermelon, Untitled (Eating Lobster) | Carrie Mae Weems
local fare
Boiled Peanuts | John Martin Taylor
libations
Confessions of a Tea Drinker | Marguerite Dorian
visionaries
Imagining the American Institute of Wine and Food: The Legacy of John Ronsheim | Adam Kowit
investigations
“Don’t Eat That:” The Erotics of Abstinence in American Christianity | R. Marie Griffith
“My Problem is Watery Custard:” Reading the Confidential Chat | Laura Shapiro
Edible Activism: Food, Commerce, and the Moral Order at the Park Slope Food Coop | Eve Jochnowitz
interview
Mr. Clarence Jones, Carolina Rice Farmer | Jennie Ashlock
essay
Interactive Foods for Children | Laura B. DeLind
illustrations
American Classics | Thorri Hringsson
origins
Boston Cream Pie | Greg Patent
archive
What Mrs. Fisher Knows About Old Southern Cooking | Rafia Zafar
spilled beans
Kedgeree | Sylvia M. Henderson
american icon
Julia and Me | Nancy Cobb
photo essay
American Ice Cream Stands | John Margolies
chef’s page
Lucia’s Restaurant, Minneapolis, Minnesota | Lucia Watson
notes on vintage volumes
The Cook: An Early American Culinary Magazine | Jan Longone
the bookshelf
Books in Review
lagniappe
Water Toast | Ashley Shelby
Cover: Andrés Serrano, “Meat Weapon” © 1984. Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, N.Y.