CONTENTS

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Introduction

FOODWAYS

Everything Comes from the Sea, From Departures

By Colman Andrews

We Shall Not Be Moved, From High on the Hog

By Jessica B. Harris

From Kenya, With Love, From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune

By Rick Nelson

Peasants, From Tin House

By Geoff Nicholson

I Believe I Can Fry, From Texas Monthly

By Katy Vine

Fried-Cheese Epiphany at a Street Fair, From Salon.com

By Francis Lam

HOME COOKING

Prep School, From The New York Times Magazine

By Pete Wells

How to Become an Intuitive Cook, From Food & Wine

By Daniel Duane

Purple Reign, From Blood-And-Thunder.com

By Alan Brouilette

Saints, Cakes, and Redemption, From LeitesCulinaria.com

By Allison Parker

Mock Turtle Soup, From Fannie’s Last Supper

By Christopher Kimball

Nathan Myhrvold’s Method Makes Science of Cooking, From The San Francisco Chronicle

By Sophie Brickman

The Case for Handwriting, From ZesterDaily.com

By Deborah Madison

The Famous Recipe, From Colorado Review

By Floyd Skloot

STOCKING THE PANTRY

Broccolini®: What’s in a Name?, From Gastronomica

By Thomas Livingston

A Tomme at Twig Farm, From Immortal Milk

By Eric LeMay

Breadwinners, From Edible Manhattan

By Indrani Sen

A Fig by Any Other Name, From Gastronomica

By Gary Paul Nabhan

Going Full Boar in Hawaii, From Bon Appétit

By Hugh Garvey

Fruits of Desire, From Saveur

By Mike Madison

FOOD FIGHTS

Shark’s Fin: Understanding the Political Soup, From San Francisco Weekly

By Jonathan Kauffman

Life in a Food Desert, From The Kansas City Star

By Jill Wendholt Silva

A Tale of Two Dairies, From Gastronomica

By Barry Estabrook

The Feed Frenzy, From 7x7 Magazine

By Sara Deseran

A Digerati’s Food Diary, From Food & Wine

By Nick Fauchald

Everyone’s a Critic, From The Boston Globe

By Ike DeLorenzo

New Orleans Family Oyster Company Devises New Business Model to Stay Alive, From The Times-Picayune

By Brett Anderson

GUILTY PLEASURES

Reflections on a Tin of Vienna Sausages, From www.good.is

By John Thorne

800 Words on Tater Tots (No, Seriously), From The Chicago Tribune

By Kevin Pang

Area Burger Joints Take the Junk out of Fast Food, From Edible Boston

By Steve Holt

Fry Girl’s Year of Eating Dangerously, From Phoenix New Times

By Laura Hahnefeld

Craving the Food of Depravity, From PoorMansFeast.com

By Elissa Altman

In Defence of Shite Food, From Fire & Knives

By Bryce Elder

SOMEONE’S IN THE KITCHEN

The Apostle of Indulgence, From Playboy

By Julian Sancton

Hooked on Classics, From Saveur

By Jay Rayner

Chinese Takeout Artist, From Chow.com

By Lessley Anderson

The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef, From Blood, Bones and Butter

By Gabrielle Hamilton

Expression, From The Sorcerer’s Apprentices

By Lisa Abend

Is The Willows Inn All That?, From The Stranger

By Bethany Jean Clement

PERSONAL TASTES

Reconsider the Oyster, From Fire & Knives

By Tim Hayward

Magical Dinners, From The New Yorker

By Chang-Rae Lee

The Golden Silver Palate, From Alimentum

By Ann Hood

When Food Doesn’t Heal, From LeitesCulinaria.com

By David Leite

Befriending Your Palate, From Reading Between the Wines

By Terry Theise

On Toast, From FoodForTheThoughtless.com

By Michael Procopio

Recipe Index

Permissions Acknowledgments

About the Editor