from the editor
Weighing In | Darra Goldstein
borborygmus
Rumblings from the World of Food
orts and scantlings
Missing Delicacies | Mark Morton
feast for the eye
Challenging Consumption: Kara Walker’s Keys to the Coop | Alisa Swindell
poem
“Shelf Life” and “Carbohydrate Vincit Omnia” | Joan Digby
forum
Antipodean Psittacophagy: An Exchange | Paul van Reyk and Bruce Boehrer
diet
Recipes for Dyspepsia | Nancy Pick
working on the food chain
In Search of the Perfect Peach | John Grossmann
memoir
The Unbearable Lightness of Wartime Cuisine | Alma Marin
psychology
Why A Chef? A Journey into the Darkest Regions of the Kitchen | Scott Haas
investigations
Consuming Passions: Eating and the Stage at the Fin de Siècle | Laurence Senelick
Monuments to the Birds: Dovecotes and Pigeon Eating in the Land of Fields | Jane Canova
commerce
Artful Dodges | Jeri Quinzio
americana
Bonac Clam Pie | Brian Halweil
origins
Wedding Cake: A Slice of History | Carol Wilson
food play
From Une assiette poétique | Tzu Chen Chen, Eric Egron, and Dora Maltz
libations
Loose on the High Seas: Covert Winemaking on the Wawona | Joe Follansbee
prose
Sadie’s Tomatoes | Jack Foster
fundamentals
Mesquite Flour: New Life for an Ancient Staple | Peter Felker
chef’s page
An Interview with Michael Mina | Jonathan Hayes
at the movies
Movies to Eat Carrots By | Rebecca L. Epstein
review essay
Eating Well in the Italian Kitchen | Fred Plotkin
the bookshelf
Books in Review
lagniappe
Dark Thoughts | Peggy Diggs
Cover: Julia Jacquette, “Fruit and Jello Platter” (1997), enamel on wood, 22″ x 28″, courtesy of the artist. Photograph by Bill Orcutt.