Table of Contents

Introduction: A Taste of What's to Come

PART ONE: ESSENCE OF FOOD

I Was Really Very Hungry -- M.F.K. Fisher (France)

Waiting for Gözleme -- Pier Roberts (Turkey)

At War with Grandma -- Ashley Palmer (Japan)

Sfuso: Loose Wine -- Frances Mayes (Italy)

Tempted in Jakarta -- Faith Adiele (Indonesia)

The Language of Taste -- Tamara Holt (World)

On Pleasures Oral -- Linda Watanabe Mcferrin (Italy)

Savoring the Trail -- Kelly Winters (USA)
The Man Who Has the Garden in Lefkes -- Pamela S. Laird (Greece)

Blue Crabs -- Laura Harger
USA

PART TWO: EPICURIOUS

A Second Helping -- Ruth Reichl
Tunisia
Sampling La Vie Provençale -- Lynne Vance
France
God as Pâtissier -- Patricia Storace
Greece
Chocolate with Julia -- GraceAnn Walden
USA
Dishes for Collectors -- Elizabeth David
France
A Culinary Tour through Chinatown -- Janis Cooke Newman
USA
Easter Nachos in Warsaw -- Kristin M. Roberts
Poland
Please Pass the Snails, Mom -- Libby Lubin
France
English Food -- Laurie Colwin
England

PART THREE: THE ADVENTURE OF DINING

A Culinary Revolution -- Stephanie Elizondo Griest
China
Hungarian Rhapsody -- Julie Jindal
Canada
Of Cabbages and Kings of Beasts -- Pam Peeters
Kenya
Funeral Feast -- Dana Squires
Solomon Islands
Hunger in the Himalayas -- Kari Bodnarchuk
Nepal
Bonito Mañana -- Diane Selkirk
Mexico
In Pursuit of the Great White Truffle -- Helen Barolini
Italy

PART FOUR: IS THAT ON THE MENU?

What Bengali Widows Cannot Eat -- Chitrita Banerji
India
Alligators and Piranhas -- Isabel Allende
Brazil
The Long Road -- Michelle Hamilton
USA
Sourtoe Cocktail -- Diane Rigda
Canada
A Curry to Die For -- Margi O'Connell-Hood
Malaysia
Purifying Spirits -- Dervla Murphy
Nepal

PART FIVE: ONE LAST BITE

Fruits of Paradise -- Laurie Gough
Fiji Recommended Reading Index of Contributors Acknowledgments