Fall 2007, Volume 7, Number 4


from the editor
Dialectical Consumerism | Darra Goldstein

borborygmus
Rumblings from the World of Food

orts and scantlings
A Full Plate | Mark Morton

feast for the eye
Fishing with Ulysses and Bacchus: Two Roman Mosaics from Tunisia | Chris Knutson

poem
The Waitress | Michael Hettich

in memoriam
Karen and Me | John Martin Taylor

tools of the trade
Our Daily Bread | Jason Mark

military moves
Chow | K.G. Schneider

archive
Butter and Ham | Doug Clouse

lives
Painted Memories | Mayer Kirshenblatt and Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett

investigations
Feeding the City | Gregory Alexander Donofrio
Samuel Chamberlain’s Clémentine in the Kitchen | Nathalie Jordi

traditions
The Salami Maker Who Fought the Law | Sarah DiGregorio

personal history
Losing My Carnivirginity: The Diary of a Lapsed Vegetarian | Khyber Oser

baking
Fruitcake Without Remorse | Lisa Yockelson

visionaries
Asia’s First Lady of Coffee | Uma Girish

the spiritual life
Holy Food | Judith Hausman

libations
The Secret Joys of Chinon | Sharon Bowman

illustrations
Carlos Poveda’s Menu | Marjorie Ross

discovery
A Gift of Grains | Maria Speck

chef’s page
An Interview with Andrew Carmellini | Scott Haas

review essays
Feeding Frenzy | John O’Connor
Julia | John Finn

the bookshelf
Books in Review

lagniappe
Greely’s Potato Day

Cover: Andre von Morisse, Pink Freud, 2006. Oil on canvas, 60″ x 42″. Courtesy of the Artist.