from the editor
To Unite or Divide? | Darra Goldstein
borborygmus
Rumblings from the World of Food
orts and scantlings
Typecast | Mark Morton
feast for the eye
Nina Katchadourian’s Genealogy of the Supermarket | Cory Bernat
poem
From the series “Potato Poems” | Peter Obourn
memoir
Reflections on the Fancy Third: British Catering in the 1970s | Kay Sexton
ecology
Climate Change and the Future of Taste | Michele Field
the environment
The Stray Shopping Cart Project | Julian Montague
investigations
The Banquet Years: FOOD, A SoHo Restaurant | Lori Waxman
The Walpole Society Goes to Dinner | Jeanne Schinto
commerce
Truffle Wars | Gareth Renowden
family history
Cubed | Sarah A. Odishoo
marketing
Bringing Up Baby (Carrots) | Tina Peterson
southern hospitality
Cheese Straws | John Martin Taylor
americana
Tennessee Waltz: A Culinary Misadventure from Memphis to Nashville | John O’Connor
working on the food chain
Medium-Size Me | Jim Hinch
visionaries
Nicole’s Divine Life | Maureen Abood
origins
Martín Fierro: A Uruguayan Classic | Marcela Baruch Mangino
libations
Discovering Terroir in the Wines of Alsace | Bill Nesto
chef’s page
An Interview with Erez Komarovsky, Erez Breads, Israel | Abbie Rosner
review essay
De gustibus non disputandum | Raymond D. Boisvert
the bookshelf
Books in Review
lagniappe
Ai, Ai, Ai | Pilar Albarracín
Cover: Popcorn #11, © Susan Eder/Craig Dennis 2001. LightJet print, 27″ x 20″ matted. Courtesy of Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, D.C.