From the Editor
Editor’s Letter | Melissa L. Caldwell
SPECIAL ISSUE: THE REINVENTION OF FOOD: CONNECTIONS AND MEDIATIONS
Guest Editors Cristina Grasseni and Heather Paxson
Authentic Anachronisms | Guntra A. Aistara
Eating Ursula | Brad Weiss
Defining Mexico’s Spirit | Sarah Bowen and Danny Hamrick
Re-localizing Milk and Cheese | Cristina Grasseni
Raw Milk, Raw Power: States of (Mis)Trust | Diana Mincyte
(Re)establishing the Normal | Yuson Jung
The GoodGuide to “Good” Coffee | Sarah Lyon
Resistance Is Fertile! | Anne Meneley
“Reinvention” Revisited | Peter Jackson
CRITICAL REFLECTIONS
Comfort Food | Mary Morris
Think I’ll Go Eat a Worm | Amy Wright
REVIEWS
Food and Social Media: You Are What You Tweet By Signe Rousseau, reviewed by Ryan S. Eanes
Waste Matters: New Perspectives on Food and Society Edited by David Evans, Hugh Campbell, and Anne Murcott, reviewed by David Boarder Giles
Eating Right in America: The Cultural Politics of Food and Health By Charlotte Biltekoff, reviewed by Helen Zoe Veit
The Kitchen as Laboratory: Reflections on the Science of Food and Cooking Edited by César Vega, Job Ubbnik, and Erik van der Linden, reviewed by Denisa Kera
The Philosophy of Food Edited by David M. Kaplan, reviewed by Kai Chen
Wines and Spirits, Foods of the World series By Alec Waugh, reviewed by Theresa Heacock
The Ethical Butcher: How Thoughtful Eating Can Change Your World By Berlin Reed, reviewed by Garrett M. Broad
The Italian American Table: Food, Family, and Community in New York City By Simone Cinotto, reviewed by Fabio Parasecoli
BOOKS RECEIVED