Food - Table Of Contents

Preface
Map
Introduction by Margo True

PART ONE: ESSENCE OF FOOD

Apron Strings — Pamela Michael
Mexico

Feast of the Pig — Theodore H. White
China

A Language for Food — Edmund White
Paris

A Tibetan Picnic — Barbara Banks
Tibet

A Man and His Chile — Dick Beeson
Southwest USA

Breakfast Without Toast — Terrell Vermont
Thailand

Hungry Ghosts — Patrick Pfister
Malaysia

Goan Feast — Ginu Kamani
India

Burnt Offerings — Bob Shacochis
Argentina

Salmon Head — Sandy Polishuk
Alaska

Food for Thought — Rajendra S. Khadka
Nepal

All Guns, No Butter — P.J. O'Rourke
Somalia

A World Without Latkes — Robert Golling Jr.
USA

Breaking Bread — Mark Gruber, O.S.B.
Egypt

Bananas — David Yeadon
Costa Rica

Slaying the Dragon — Richard Sterling
South China Sea

PART TWO: SOME THINGS TO DO

Tomatoes — Richard Goodman
France

Etiquette Soup — Bob Sehlinger
San Francisco

The Way of Iced Coffee — Donald W. George
Japan

India on an Empty Stomach — Christopher P. Baker
India

Cafe Tacuba — Elizabeth Roper Marcus
Mexico

One Woman's Spice Route — Julia Duffy Ward
Enroute

The Monsoon Cocktail — Gina Comaich Southeast Asia

Kenyan Barbeque — Danny Carnahan
Nairobi

Crustacean of Love — Joann Milivojevic
Jamaica

That Gnawing Feeling — Christi Phillips
Moscow

Give unto Others — Claudia J. Martin
Paris

Camaraderie — Ronald E. Kotzsch
Germany and Russia

Bush Tucker — Larry Habegger
Australia

Drinking an 1806 Château Lafite — Robert Daley
France

PART THREE: GOING YOUR OWN WAY

Night of Oranges — Flavius Stan
Romania

Baking Under the Table — Kelly Spencer
Scotland

The Huntress — Lois Maclean
Northern California

Then I Slept — Colin Thubron
Central Asia

Caller of Dolphins — Cleo Paskal
Micronesia

Spanish Guts — Brett Allen King
Madrid

Momos at Tashi's — Marianne Dresser
India

Backstage at Cafe Annie — Margo True
Texas

Si, Simpatica — Tanya Monier
Florence

Eating up the Mekong — Sherdyl (Charlie) Motz
Vietnam

Morocco Blue — Jim Leff
Morocco

Fried Eggs and Chapatis — Simon Loftus
India and Pakistan

Gastronome's Dream — Lawrence Osborne Paris

Waltz at the End of Earth — Paula McDonald
Hainan Island, China

PART FOUR: IN THE SHADOWS

Pass on the Primate — Carla King
Ivory Coast

Even Their Eyes Are Hungry — Zhang Xianliang
China

The Laughter of Rul — Garrett Culhane
Niger

There Was a Train — M.F.K. Fisher
Italy

To Serve Man — Harry Rolnick
Fiji

Liberation Day — Kelly Simon
Sicily

Dumpster Diving — Lars Eighner
USA

PART FIVE: THE LAST WORD

Pilgrims All — Gary Paul Nabhan
Italy

Books for Further Reading
Index
Index of Contributors
Acknowledgements

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