Part one. Regional histories: premodern Europe / Ken albala
Out of Africa : a brief guide to African food history / Jessica Harris
Middle Eastern food history / Charles Perry
Latin American food between export Liberalism and the via Campesina / Jeffrey Pilcher
Early American food / Joyce E. Chaplin
Food in recent United States history / Amy Bentley and Hi'ilei Hobart
Influence, sources, and African diaspora foodways / Frederick Douglass Opie
Food and American immigrants : an opening / Krishnendu Ray. Part two. Cuisine: the French invention of modern cuisine / Priscilla Ferguson
Restaurants / Paul Freedman
Cookbooks as resources for social history / Barbara Ketchum Wheaton. Part three. Problems: the revolt against homogeneity / Amy Trubek
Food and popular culture / Fabio Parasecoli
Post-1945 global food developments / Peter Scholliers.