from the editor
Outstanding in the Field 2004 | Darra Goldstein
borborygmus
Rumblings from the World of Food
orts and scantlings
Mooreeffoc | Mark Morton
feast for the eye
Second Sight: The Art of Joan Steiner | D Wood
poem
From “The Cemetery Beside the River” | Melanie Cameron
diet
Slow Food in a Fat Society: Satisfying Ethical Appetites | Heather Paxson
industry
Cast with Style: Nineteenth-Century Cast-Iron Stoves | Tammis Kane Groft
culture
The Prose (and Cons) of Vodka | Dmitrii Stakhov; translated by Thomas Newlin
interview
The Cooking Ape: An Interview with Richard Wrangham | Elisabeth Townsend
origins
Sicilian Manna: A Sweet Gift of Nature | Anna Tasca Lanza
memoir
In Search of Neon | Raymond Beauchemin
passages
One Year and a Day: A Recipe for Gumbo and Mourning | James Nolan
americana
Man Eats Dogs: The Hot Dog Stands of Chicago | Bruce Kraig; photographs by Patty Carroll
nutrition
“Take One More Bite for Me”: Clara Davis and the Feeding of Young Children | Benjamin Scheindlin, MD
investigations
Measuring Ingredients: Food and Domesticity in Mexican Casta Paintings | Nina M. Scott
Have Your Coke and Eat It Too: What Cooking with Coca-Cola Says about Cultural Imperialism | Anne E. McBride
Solving the Puzzle of Barolo and Barbaresco | Brian Smith
chef’s page
The Old Inn on the Green | Timothy Q. Cebula
review essays
Consuming Art | Carol Clark
Crazy for Gin | Lisa Hiley
the bookshelf
Books in Review
lagniappe
Edible Hats | Alicia Rios
Cover: Oscar Rabine, “Signal and Laughing Cow” (2002); Courtesy of Michèle and Marc Ivasilevitch, A&C-Projects, Paris, France.