from the editor
Going to Extremes | Darra Goldstein
borborygmus
Rumblings from the World of Food
orts and scantlings
Hue and Eye | Mark Morton
feast for the eye
John Singer Sargent’s “Devils” | Emily Arensman
poem
Cinderella | Michele F. Cooper
illustration
Meanwhile: San Francisco Farmers’ Market Farmers in Their Own Words | Wendy MacNaughton
americana
The Whip In: A Taste of Austin-Americana | David Wright
ecology
Building a Better Tomato | Barry Estabrook
objects
Meret Oppenheim’s Fur Teacup | Mary Ann Caws
investigations
Esquire Mans the Kitchenette | Elizabeth Fakazis
From the Crisis of Food to Food in Crisis | Martin Bruegel
ingredients
Cooking Up Color | Jude Stewart
science
Germs Preserve Us | Thomas Greene
pastoral
Harvest Tunes | Leah Koenig
gallery
Summer Kitchen, Penobscot Bay, Maine | Jonathan Levitt
prose
Egg Whites, Sugar, Ice Cream, and a Peach: A Recipe | Judith Gorfain
representations
Eat Me at the Fair: America’s Love Affair with Food Installations | Francine Kirsch
eating out
Miscellaneous Food in a Feverish Haste | Jon Grinspan
working on the food chain
Digging for the Roots of the Urban Farming Movement | Jason Mark
libations
The Norton Grape: American Viticulture’s Native Son | Chris Opfer
chef’s page
An Interview with Erik Cosselmon, Kokkari, San Francisco | Janet Fletcher
review essay
Watching Our Waste Lines | Christina Eng
the bookshelf
Books in Review
lagniappe
Seeing Red | Craig Kanarick
Cover: Mauro Holanda, Octopus Cube, 2009.
Top Image: The Agricultural Building at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial. From James McCabe, The Illustrated History of the Centennial Exhibition (Philadelphia: The National Publishing Company, 1876).