from the editor
Editor’s Letter | Melissa L. Caldwell
musings
Does the Foodie have a Soul? | India Aurora Mandelkern
invitation to a feast
Come and Eat | Erica Cavanagh
Emily Dickinson Bakes Her Famous Coconut Cake | Emily K. Bright
celebrating family, friends, and traditions
Angel Food Cake: Just Heavenly! | Greg Patent
Dad’s Garden | Mary Lyn Koval
History in the Pot | Leigh Donaldson
Labouyi Bannann | Gina Athena Ulysse
Lemon Meringue | Kate Lebo
picnics by the sea
Clam Digging | Helen Labun Jordan
Tasting a Landscape: On the New Nordic Cuisine | Jared Demick
Rolling on the Beach | Sharon Hunt
Highway 1 | Jake Young
investigations
Can ideas about food inspire real social change? The case of Peruvian gastronomy | Judith E. Fan
Food Fight: Accusations of Press Agentry, a Case for Ethics and the Development of the Association of Food Journalists | Kimberly Voss and Lance Speere
love letters
Dearest Basil | Nicole McFadden
Of Pepperoni Rolls and Soup Beans: On What it Might Mean to Eat Like a West Virginian | Courtney Balestier
Exposition on Baking Baklava | Hillary Fogerty
BLT | Barbara Crooker
I Can’t Write a Poem About MCDonald’s | Barbara Crooker
love, anxiety, and loss
Take us off Solid Food for the Foreseeable Future: The Landscape of Food-Allergic America | Lawrence-Minh Bu` i Davis
Ina & Friends | Michael Lawrence
Foodies | Jean Ende
Papayas and Lemons | Juliet Wilson
reviews
Review Essay: What’s Growing on? | Jason Mark
The Discourses of Food in Nineteenth-Century British Fiction
The Table Comes First: Family, France, and the Meaning of Food
Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil
Breaking Through Concrete: Building An Urban Farm Revival
just desserts
How to Love Yourself After Work | Shelly Errington
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