from the editor
Happy Pongal! | Darra Goldstein
borborygmus
Rumblings from the World of Food
orts and scantlings
A Pumpkin in a Tablespoon | Mark Morton
feast for the eye
Set for Transition: Dansk Designs’ Fjord Flatware | Sarah Froelich
poem
Measurements | Ellen Birkett Morris
taste
The Art in Gastronomy: A Modernist Perspective | Nathan Myhrvold
environment
The BP Oil Spill and the Bounty of Plaquemines Parish | Randy Fertel
futurefood
Survive, But Not Thrive | Eric LeMay
investigations
“In Bacteria Land”: The Battle over Raw Milk | Anne Mendelson
High-End Dining in the Nineteenth-Century United States | Paul Freedman and James Warlick
lives
The Struggle for Sunday Lunch: Gastropolitics in the Life of Nelson Mandela | Anna Trapido
local fare
Between Plenty and Poverty: Foraging in the Salento with Patience Gray | Adam Federman
politics
Snacking with the Sons of the Soil | Dan Packel
performance
My Adventures in Sugar | Rachel Adams
ecology
To Market, to Market! Riding Shotgun with the Tomato Man | Barry Estabrook
gallery
The Last Supper | Julie Green
ritual
St. Joseph’s Day in Kerala | Mary Taylor Simeti
visionaries
Jean-Louis Vignes: California’s Forgotten Winemaker | Scott MacConnell
origins
Strukli: “The Best Dish in the World” | Velimir Cindric
chef’s page
An Interview with Yoshinori Ishii, Umu, London | Corky White
conversation
Does Wine Matter? | Amy B. Trubek with Chris Keathley
the bookshelf
Books in Review
lagniappe
Baba, the Elephant Gastronome | Gilman Parsons
Cover: Sarah Illenberger, McForest. Photograph by Ragnar Schmuck.