Spring 2012, Volume 12, Number 1

from the editor
A Taste of Paradise | Darra Goldstein

borborygmus
Rumblings from the World of Food

orts and scantlings
Making Space | Mark Morton

feast for the eye
Cock-A-Doodle | Harley Spiller

poem
Three Knives | Michael Cirelli

confinement
Tasting the Brutality of Qaddafi’s Regime | Daniella Cheslow

gallery
Mugshots | Lou Jacobs

personal history
Tuna with a Broken Heart | Paul Greenberg

ecology
Of Money and Muck | Barry Estabrook

investigations
The Hummus Wars | Ari Ariel
Chocolate and Cardiovascular Health: The Kuna Case Reconsidered | James Howe

carnivory
The Mane Course | Ike Sriskandarajah

passages
Zoe Crosher’s Transgressions | Zoe Crosher, Charlotte Druckman,
and Caitlin Williams Freeman

politics
Chicago’s Food Trucks: Wrapped in Red Tape | Geoff Dougherty

competition
Truffle in Paradise | John Gutekanst

memoir
Discomfort Food | Jesse Browner

the food chain
Trash Eaters | Scarlett Lindeman

seasonal pleasures
A Sweet Fragrance in Winter | Chitrita Banerji

fusion
A Kare Pan Is a Pretty Good Start | Andrew Simmons

bionomics
The Science of Biodynamic Viticulture | Jason Tippetts

chef’s page
Magnolia 610, Louisville, Kentucky | Edward Lee

review essays
Unless an Army Is Properly Fed . . . | John Rees
Milky Ways | Anne Mendelson

the bookshelf
Books in Review

lagniappe
Mateo Flecha’s Ensaladas | Jane Canova

Cover: Uwe Schramm, Wenn du geliebt werden willst, liebe (If you want to be loved, love), from the series Alltagsleben eingetreten (Enter Everyday Life)