from the editor
Falling for Julia | Darra Goldstein
borborygmus
Rumblings from the World of Food
orts and scantlings
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Teapot | Mark Morton
feast for the eye
Of Water and Chocolate | Mimi Hellman
poems
“The Butcher” and “At the New Ohio Hotel” | Maureen Abood
memoir
Rights of Passage: Crossing Over to the Candy Store | Jeannette Ferrary
traditions
The Ideal Christmas Dinner | Cathy Kaufman
investigations
Please Play with Your Food: An Incomplete Survey of Culinary Wonders in Italian Renaissance Cookery | Jeremy Parzen
Oishinbo‘s Adventures in Eating: Food, Communication, and Culture in Japanese Comics | Lorie Brau
lives
M. F. K. Fisher in France: The First Insouciant Spell (1929-1932) | Joan Reardon
opinion
Have Your Lunch and Eat It Too | Richard Watson
obsessions
Desperately Seeking Edouard: A Passion for de Pomiane | Margaret McArthur
origins
Edible Art: Springerle Cookies | Sharon Hudgins
photographs
From The Migrant Project: Contemporary California Farm Workers | Rick Nahmias
libations
Back from the Ashes: Resurrecting the Vineyards of Pompeii | Patricia Thompson
pharmacology
Aphrodisiac Foods: Bringing Heaven to Earth | Miriam Hospodar
dining out
Late Night in the Lion’s Den: Chinese Restaurant-Nightclubs in 1940s San Francisco | Harley Spiller
chef’s page
Restaurant Fond, Gothenburg, Sweden | Stefan Karlsson
review essays
Ethical Eating | Ronald D. LeBlanc
In the Belly of the Beast: Microbial Dangers and Regulatory Debacles | Lois Banta
the bookshelf
Books in Review
lagniappe
Music with Taste
Cover: Giovanna Garzoni, Still Life with Pomegranate (detail). Scala/Art Resource, New York.