from the editor
The High Cost of Food | Darra Goldstein
borborygmus
Rumblings from the World of Food
orts and scantlings
Sweetest Nuts Have Hardest Shells | Mark Morton
feast for the eye
Barry Frydlender’s Pitzutziya | Adam Rothschild
poem
Missing Ingredients | Diane Shipley DeCillis
antipathies
Aversion: A Fish Story | Alisa Gordaneer
performance
Giffords Kitchen: It’s a Circus | Ian Kelly
photographs
Aletheia | Howard Meister
investigations
Was the Taco Invented in Southern California? | Jeffrey Pilcher
On the Ideology of Nutritionism | Gyorgy Scrinis
culture clash
Michelin in America | Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson
celebrations
Red Gravy | Sara Roahen
personal history
Canceled | Margo Mensing
lives
The Milk Haul | Peter Andrey Smith
history’s table
At Supper with Leonardo | John Varriano
the spiritual life
Reaping the Faith | Leah Koenig
slice of life
Tasting Japan | Aya Brackett
libations
Pronounced “Eye” with a “Ch” in Front | Andrea Jonahs
chef’s page
North Pond, Chicago, Illinois | Bruce Sherman
at the movies
Milk in the Land: Ballad of an American Drink | Lisa Tucker
review essays
Oenological Guideposts | Sharon Bowman
Debates and Diatribes | Krishnendu Ray
the bookshelf
Books in Review
lagniappe
Spell Binding? | Keri Fisher
Cover: Chema Madoz, Sin Tìtulo, 2000. © 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VEGAP, Madrid.