from the editor
Transitory Pleasures | Darra Goldstein
borborygmus
Rumblings from the World of Food
orts and scantlings
Coffins, Pipkins, and Pottles | Mark Morton
feast for the eye
A Persian Banquet | Katie M. Ziglar
poem
There Is No Fat in Heaven | Caroline Banks
hunger
The Fine Art of Feeding the Hungry | Dianne Jacob
investigations
The Baptism of Wine | A. Lynn Martin
The Sweet Seduction of Sin: Food, Sexual Desire, and Ideological Purity in Alexander Tarasov-Rodionov’s Shokolad | Ronald D. LeBlanc
the senses
Notes from a Wine Tasting | Matthew Latkiewicz
the media
‘La grande bouffe’: Cooking Shows as Pornography | Andrew Chan
photographs
Home Cooks | Lynda Banzi
taste
Vegemite, Soldiers, and Rosy Cheeks | Kay Richardson
Vegemite as a Marker of National Identity | Paul Rozin and Michael Siegal
origins
Argan Oil: A Moroccan Flavor Rediscovered | Kitty Morse
community
Starbucks and Rootless Cosmopolitanism | Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft
personal history
Binge | Anna M. Shih
libations
Grüner Veltliner | Karen King
americana
The First Thanksgiving | Andrew F. Smith
pastimes
Matsutake Gari: Hunting for Mushrooms in a New West | Jessica MacMurray
chef’s page
Chez Henri, Cambridge, MA | Paul O’Connell
notes on vintage volumes
10 Ways to Cook Oyster Crabs and 9990 Other Recipes | Jan Longone
review essays
The Obesity Epidemic | Susan Allport
Chinese Food Culture Today | Chris Berry
the bookshelf
Books in Review
lagniappe
Diner Slang | John Clarke
Cover: Fausto Zonaro (1854-1929), Girl with a Pumpkin (detail). Courtesy of Sakip Sabanci Museum, Sabanci University, Istanbul.