from the editor
Remembering Delano | Darra Goldstein
borborygmus
Rumblings from the World of Food
orts and scantlings
Mr. Bean Meets Dr. Pepper | Mark Morton
feast for the eye
Marcos Zapata’s Last Supper: A Feast of European Religion and Andean Culture | Christina Zendt
poem
Chokes | Shin Yu Pai
memoir
Closer | Tavonne S. Carson
the food chain
Of Predators, Parasites, and Fickle Friends | Andrew Yang
americana
Where Pumpkins Fly | Elizabeth Redden
investigations
Prospecting for Oil | David S. Shields
Cheese Cultures: Transforming American Tastes and Traditions | Heather Paxson
ecology
A Tale of Two Dairies | Barry Estabrook
local fare
Pigness | Paulina Vaca
objects
Good Enough to Eat | Jeanne Schinto
dream worlds
Double Cream | A.K. Elder
origins
Alsatian Kugelhopf: A Cake for All Seasons | Sharon Hudgins
pragmatics
Recipes: Beyond the Words | Tim Wharton
photographs
I’ll Be Right Back: Visits to Restaurant Men’s Rooms | Eric Levin
travel
Notes from the Field: On Life in a Balinese Village | Will Goldfarb
chef’s page
An Interview with David and Karen Waltuck of Chanterelle | Melissa Seley
review essays
Bartolomeo Scappi’s Opera: The Swan Song of Premodern
European Cuisine | Jean-Claude Carron
the bookshelf
Books in Review
lagniappe
Global Breakfast | Oliver Schwarzwald
Cover: Luigi Benedicenti, Sweet Reflection, 2008. Courtesy of the artist and Bernarducci Meisel Gallery.