from the editor
Begging for Crusts | Darra Goldstein
borborygmus
Rumblings from the World of Food
orts and scantlings
Times Tables | Mark Morton
feast for the eye
Food Masquerade | Ann Bermingham
poem
The Treatment and Mistreatment of Fish | M.N. Altenderfer
passages
Of Math and the Monkey God | Vijaysree Venkatraman
ritual
Mealtime at a Tibetan Monastery | Eric C. Rath
prose
Act of Love | Judith Reese Gorfain
investigations
The Pavlova Wars: How a Creationist Model of Recipe Origins Led to an International Dispute | Helen M. Leach
The Cultural Politics of Eating in Shenzhen | Mary Ann O’Donnell
ecology
On the Tomato Trail: In Search of Ancestral Roots | Barry Estabrook
illuminations
Veilleuse-théières: Form and Function in Nightlight Teapots | Carol Penn-Romine
identity
Upgrading the Local: Belgian Cuisine in Global Waves | Peter Scholliers and Anneke Geyzen
entrepreneurs
The Tomato Queen of San Joaquin | Ken Albala
memoir
Still Life on the Half-Shell | K.G. Schneider
lives
The Rogue Winemaker of Bully Hill | Susan Raich
photographs
Swahili Style | Gwendolyn Meyer
chef’s page
Alba, Boulder, Colorado | Alexander Feldman
at the movies
Mastering the Art of Feminist Mentorship | Caetlin Benson-Allott
review essays
Italian Traditions | Nancy Harmon Jenkins
From Slaughter to Supper: The Politics and Pleasure of Meat | Dawn Johnston
Blame It on the Grain | Joy Parks
the bookshelf
Books in Review
lagniappe
United Steaks of America | Dominic Episcopo
Cover: Hervás y Archer studio, http://www.hervasarcher.com, © 2006.