from the editor
An Act of Ordering | Darra Goldstein
borborygmus
Rumblings from the World of Food
orts and scantlings
Bread and Meat for God’s Sake | Mark Morton
feast for the eye
Roger Fenton’s “Flowers and Fruit” | Thomas Weston Fels
poem
A Shallot | Richard Wilbur; French translation by Jean Migrenne; Illustration by Julio Granda
americana
Black Magic: Old Coke and the New South | Timothy C. Davis
origins
Spreewälder Gurken: Pickled Cucumbers from the Spreewald | Ursula Heinzelmann
organized crime
The Egg Cream Racket | Andrew Coe
watched pot
Wok Hay: The Breath of a Wok | Grace Young
photographs
From the “Corpus Inductum” series | Mary Beth Heffernan
diet
The Other Atkins Revolution: Atkins and the Shifting Culture of Dieting | Amy Bentley
investigations
The Parrot Eaters: Psittacophagy in the Renaissance and Beyond | Bruce Boehrer
Power Meal: Craig Claiborne’s Last Supper for the New York Times | Mitchell Davis
memoir
Born-Again Kosher | Nancy Davidson
point of view
The Gentle Rise of (Real) Cake | Lisa Yockelson
libations
Bitter Alchemy | Deirdre Heekin
working on the food chain
About Pluots | William Brantley
cultural affairs
Incorporating Terroir: L’Affaire Mondavi Reconsidered | Amy B. Trubek
world wide food
Dutch Treat | José van Mil
chef’s page
The Evolution of a Chef | François de Mélogue
review essays
Dialogue of Cuisines | Leyla Rouhi
The Insatiable City | Kyri Watson Claflin
the bookshelf
Books in Review
lagniappe
To the Platter Born | Debbie Moose
Cover: Mona Hatoum, T42 (1998). Courtesy Alexander and Bonin, New York.