Introduction: The Name of the Third Chicken: Kosovo
Matt McAllester
Night Light: El Salvador and Haiti
Lee Hockstader
A Diet for Dictators: North Korea
Barbara Demick
Janine di Giovanni
Isabel Hilton
How Harry Lost His Ear: Northern Ireland
Scott Anderson
Weighed Down by a Good Meal: Gaza and Israel
Joshua Hammer
The Price of Oranges: Pakistan
Jason Burke
Farnaz Fassihi
The Oversize Helmsman of an Undersize Country: Israel
Matt Rees
Tim Hetherington
Eau de Cadavre: Somalia and Rwanda
Sam Kiley
Eating Mud Crabs in Kandahar: Afghanistan
Christina Lamb
Munther Cannot Cook Your Turkey: Iraq
Rajiv Chandrasekaran
The Best Man I Ever Knew: Georgia
Wendell Steavenson
Dinner with a Jester: Afghanistan
Jon Lee Anderson
Amy Wilentz
James Meek
Charles M. Sennott