Spring 2013, Volume 13, Number 1

A Tribute to Gastronomica’s Founding Editor | Merry White

fundamentals
The Bengali Bonti | Chitrita Banerji

politics
“GM or Death”: Food and Choice in Zambia | Christopher M. Annear

organized crime
The Egg Cream Racket | Andrew Coe

memoir
The Unbearable Lightness of Wartime Cuisine | Alma Marin

semantics
The Disappearance of Hunger in America | Patricia Allen

antipathies
Can’t Stomach It: How Michael Pollan et al. Made Me Want to Eat Cheetos | Julie Guthman

investigations
A Short History of MSG: Good Science, Bad Science,and Taste Cultures | Jordan Sand
Feeding the City | Gregory Alexander Donofrio
Was the Taco Invented in Southern California? | Jeffrey M. Pilcher
Cheese Cultures: Transforming American Tastesand Traditions | Heather Paxson
“In Bacteria Land”: The Battle over Raw Milk | Anne Mendelson

forum
Food Porn | Anne E. McBride