from the editor
Reading Between the Lines | Darra Goldstein
borborygmus
Rumblings from the World of Food
orts and scantlings
Strange Fruit | Mark Morton
feast for the eye
Edible Landscapes: Song Dong’s Food Installations | Andrea Gyorody and Charles Changduk Kang
poem
In the Kitchen with Auden | Eamon Grennan
taste
A Fig by Any Other Name | Gary Paul Nabhan
taboos
Prescribing Pork in Israel | Ronit Vered
investigations
James Beard’s Early TV Work: A Report on Research | Dana Polan
Emmanuel Levinas and the Ontology of Eating | David Goldstein
aesthetics
A Journey into the Imaginary of Sicilian Pastry | Maria Tarantino and Sabina Terziani
history’s table
Piedad Yorba | Charles Perry
local fare
The Sweetshops of Kolkata | Michael Krondl
ecology
Reviving Red Snapper | Barry Estabrook
style
Trends in Food Photography: A Prop Stylist’s View | Francine Matalon-Degni
eating out
The Cabmen’s Cafes | Dawn Starin
marketing
Broccolini®: What’s in a Name? | Thomas Livingston
at the movies
Luc Moullet’s Food Lessons: Origins of a Meal | Sally Shafto
chef’s page
An Interview with Renè Redzepi: Noma, Copenhagen | Ursula Heinzelmann
review essays
The Kitchen on Canvas: Luis Melèndez and the Spanish Still Life | Gillian Riley
Eating Animals | Scott Korb
the bookshelf
Books in Review
lagniappe
Paddy Painting | Corky White
Cover: Matthew Zoll, Cherry Pitter, Oil on panel, 2004.