Introduction: Mobility and the Making of World Cuisines
Daniel E. Bender and Simone Cinotto
Mobility and Its Discontents: Historical Perspectives on Cities and Food Systems from the Paleolithic to the Present
Donna R. Gabaccia
Part One: The Body and the Self
1. Mobility of Food and Ideas in Egypt: Between Sterilization and Inoculation
Sara El-Sayed and Christy Spackman
2. Lets Get Phygital: Food Representations on the Move
Signe Rousseau
3. People-Plant Mobilities: Growing Bitter Melon and Bottle Gourd in Toronto
Sarah Elton
Part Two: Infrastructures and Pathways
4. Gastrofascism in the Empire: Food in Italian East Africa, 19351941
Simone Cinotto
5. The Fastest Food in the World: Airplane Cuisine and the Taste of Pace
Elizabeth Zanoni
6. From Cloth Oil to Extra Virgin: Italian Olive Oil Before the Invention of the Mediterranean Diet
Carl Ipsen
7. Mobile and Immobile Histories of Tea
Jayeeta Sharma
Part Three: Mobilities and Immobilities
8. Street Food and Street Life in Immigrant Enclaves: A Case Study of the Jews of the United States
Hasia R. Diner
9. Rhythms of Mobility: How (Im)Mobility Shapes Rural Food Retail Practices in South Africa
Elizabeth Hull
10. Immobility: Threats to the Livelihoods of the Poor
Krishnendu Ray
Part Four: Biodiversity, Taste, and Nation
11. From Cornish Pasties to Mexican Pastes: Mobilities across Time and Space
Sandra C. Mendiola Garcia
12. How the World Eats: Myra Waldo and the Around-the-World Cookbook
Daniel E. Bender
13. Hop Movements: The Global Invention of Craft Beer
Jeffrey M. Pilcher
14. Transnational Journeys and Biocultural Heritage: The Caribbean Food-Medicine Nexus
Ina Vandebroek
Coda: Food Mobilities in the Time of COVID-19
Locked Down: Writing about Food Mobility while Sheltering in Place
Daniel E. Bender and Simone Cinotto