Winter 2011, Volume 11, Number 4

from the editor
National Turkey Day | Darra Goldstein

borborygmus
Rumblings from the World of Food

orts and scantlings
Thanking Out Loud | Mark Morton

feast for the eye
Back to the Future: Gorham’s “Circa ’70” Service | Amy Miller Dehan

poem
Jamaican Farewell | Amy Nawrocki

origins
Deconstructing My Namesake | John Martin Taylor

gallery
Small Hours in the Meatpacking District | Barry Goldstein

the hunt
Communion | Christopher Mohar

celebrations
The Fiestas de Tosantos in the Markets of Cádiz | Alicia Rios

investigations
Remembering Dione Lucas | Jeanne Schinto
Authenticity in America: Class Distinctions in Potato Chip Advertising | Joshua Freedman and Dan Jurafsky

taste
Food Pairing Theory: A European Fad | Maurits de Klepper

memoir
Los Angeles: My Parents’ Palates | Bonnie Morris

biodiversity
Greece: A Portrait in Seeds | Shayna Cohen

point of view
Authenticity | Allen S. Weiss

family history
“A Triumph in Culinary Art”: Epicurean Displays at the Copley Plaza | Michelle Tolini Finamore

politics
Whatever Happened to the Farm Problem? | Jimmye S. Hillman

prose
A Proposal for Feeding the Fat and Anxious | Josh Ozersky

business
Owning Up: Exploring The Kickstarter Restaurant | Kaitlyn Goalen

history’s table
The Flavor of Danger | Jerry Redfern and Karen J. Coates

the food chain
AgroShopping in Urban Paraguay | Elizabeth Finnis with Fatima Candia

ecology
The Other Side of the Valley | Barry Estabrook

science
The Cultural Diversity of Cheese | Scott Haas

chef’s page
Taberna Ideal, Lisbon, Portugal | Frances Baca

review essay
Contexts of Creativity: Ferran Adrià and elBulli | Dana Polan

the bookshelf
Books in Review

lagniappe
Mateo Flecha’s Ensaladas | Jane Canova

Cover: Alain Roussel, Gilded Pig, 2006. Photograph by Mitch Feinberg ©2006