A collection of papers presented at a conference.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents Part I: Introduction 1. Food at Moderate Speeds Sidney Mintz 2. From Wild Weeds to Artisanal Cheese Richard Wilk Part II: Whole Food Economies: Breaking Down Dichotomies 3. Building Lives with Food: Production, Circulation, and Consumption of Food in Yap James A. Egan, Michael L. Burton, and Karen L. Nero 4. Food for the Malian Middle Class: An Invisible Cuisine Dolores Koenig 5. Taco Bell, Maseca, and Slow Food: A Postmodern Apocalypse for Mexico's Peasant Cuisine? Jeffrey M. Pilcher 6. From Hunger Foods to Heritage Foods: Challenges to Food Localization in Lao PDR Penny Van Esterik 7. Tasting the Worlds of Yesterday and Today: Culinary Tourism and Nostalgia Foods in Post- Soviet Russia Melissa L. Caldwell Part III: The Contradictions of Industrial Food 8. Kaiten-zushi and Konbini: Japanese Food Culture in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction Theodore C. Bestor 9. Rice Ball Rivalries: Japanese Convenience Stores and the Appetite of Late Capitalism Gavin Hamilton Whitelaw 10. Global Tastes, Local Contexts: An Ethnographic Account of Fast Food Expansion in San Fernando City, the Philippines Ty Matejowsky Part IV: Transforming Markets and Reconnecting with Consumers 11. From the Bottom-Up: The Global Expansion of Chinese Vegetable Trade for New York City Markets Valerie Imbruce 12. The Role of Ideology in New Mexico's CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) Organizations: Conflicting Visions between Growers and Members Lois Stanford 13. Artisanal Cheese and Economies of Sentiment in New England Heather Paxson 14. Fast and Slow Food in the Fast Lane: Automobility and the Australian Diet Cathy Banwell, Jane Dixon, Sarah Hinde, Heather McIntyre 15. "Just Java": Roasting Fair Trade Coffee Sarah Lyon Index About the Contributors