from the editor
Beyond Table Talk | Darra Goldstein
borborygmus
Rumblings from the World of Food
orts and scantlings
Linguistic Shrimps | Mark Morton
feast for the eye
Sonja Alhäuser’s Sweet Installations | Catherine Dupree
poem
“Macaroni & Cheese Survey” | Terry Kirts
diet
Weight Watchers at Forty: A Celebration | Joyce Hendley
culture
Making a Tsimes, Distilling a Performance: Vodka and Jewish Culture in Poland Today | Andrew Ingall
investigations
The Skinny on Fat | Susan Allport
Train Oil and Snotters: Eating Antarctic Wild Foods | Jeff Rubin
tribute
Culture Ingested: On the Indigenization of Philippine Food | Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Doreen G. Fernandez
working on the food chain
The Molecular Tourist | Lisa Jategoankar
pastimes
Shark Bait | Jesse Browner
rituals
The Propitiatory Meal | Chitrita Banerji
illustrations
From the series Consumed, Contained | Charles Beneke
visionaries
Joe Baum: An Exaltation of Larks | Irena Chalmers
americana
Hey, Waitress! | Alison Owings
chef’s page
A Family Affair: Naha, Chicago, Illinois | Carrie Nahabedian
the bookshelf
Books in Review
lagniappe
Still Life after José Victoriano Carmelo Carlos González-Pérez 1887-1927 | Daniel Zarza
poem
“O Miracle Whip”| Terry Kirts
Cover: Emily Eveleth, “Nigh” (1998). Collection of Nancy and Robert Magoon, Aspen, CO. Courtesy of Danese Gallery, New York.