Part I: Making Levantine food cultures
When did kibbe become Lebanese? The social origins of national food culture / Graham Auman Pitts and Michel Kabalan
Adana kebabs and Antep pistachios: place, displacement, and cuisine of the Turkish south / Samuel Dolbee and Chris Gratien
The transformation of sugar in Syria: from luxury to everyday commodity / Sara Pekow
Pistachios and pomegranates: vignettes from Aleppo (essay & recipes) / Antonio Tahhan
Part II: Revisiting foodways in Israel-Palestine. Palestinian urban food venues as "contact zones" between Arabs and Jews during the British Mandate period / Dafna Hirsch
The companion to every bite: Palestinian olive oil in the Levant / Anne Meneley
Even in Palestine cuisine is regional (essay & recipes) / Reem Kassis
Part III: Levantine cuisine beyond borders. Embodying Levantine cooking in East Amman, Jordan / Susan MacDougall
Shakshūka for all seasons: Tunisian Jewish foodways at the turn of the twentieth century / Noam Sienna
Unmaking Levantine cuisine: the Levant, the Mediterranean, and the world / Harry Kashdan
From fine dining to street food: Egypt's food culture in transition through the eyes of La Bodega (essay & recipes) / Suzanne Zeidy
Conclusion: writing Levantine cuisine / Anny Gaul with poetry by Zeina Azzam.