Food for thought. A brief history of food ; A few tasty words to know ; Place settings; Kinds of forks ; Kinds of spoons ; In the (international) cupboard ; Traditional ovens ; A century of stoves ; The ice age of refrigeration ; Fermentation -- Eat your fruits and veggies. Dining on the plant family ; Fruit facts ; How a flower becomes a fruit ; The parents of produce ; All in the family ; Sundry celeries ; Obscure beauties ; Tropical fruits ; Berry basics ; Little known terms for common tree fruit ; Go bananas ; Citrus ; Surprising salad greens ; Famous fungi ; The truffle hunter ; Yam vs. sweet potato ; Beans ; Shell games ; Feeling nutty ; Peanut powered ; Cracking up ; How to make tofu -- A grain of truth. Good grains ; Corn ; Kinds of rice ; Growing rice ; Bread ; Rolling the dough ; Baking traditional Finnish rye bread ; Sumptuous sandwiches ; Some pasta shapes ; Making pasta ; Making noodles ; Asian noodle dishes ; Jane's noodle pudding ; Delectable dumplings ; Pancakes -- The meat of the matter. Prime cuts ; How meat cooks ; On the charcuterie plate ; Sausage blends ; Butchery tools ; Meaty dishes ; Five fabulous food fish ; How to fillet a fish ; Regal roe ; Other edible sea creatures ; The fishmonger's lexicon ; Seafood cookery tools ; Fresh fish ; Commonly eaten clams ; Kinds of sushi ; On the sushi menu ; Eating the whole chicken ; The incredible egg ; Short order egg lingo -- Dairy queens. Milk maid math ; Terms of the trade; Delicious dairy ; How to make butter ; Real deal buttermilk pancakes ; Cut the cheese ; Cheese anatomy ; The basic steps in making cheese ; Types of cheese ; American cheese ; Curd nerdisms -- Street food. Serious snacks with funny names ; With your fries ; Hot dawg ; Five styles of meat on a stick ; Anatomy of a food truck ; On the streets ; Pizza, pizza ; Taqueria terminology -- Season to taste. 6 superb spice blends ; That's hot ; A little something sweet ; In the sugar house ; Creamy maple mocha pudding ; Olive oil argot ; Mustard ; How to make vinegar ; Salt ; Pepper -- Drink up! Coffee ; Espresso guide ; A spot of tea ; What's brewing? ; Tea time ; When life gives you lemons ; Shikanjvi for two ; Fizzy sips ; The equations of fermented beverages ; The basic steps in making wine ; Wine tasting ; Distillation ; Glassware ; The cocktail maker's toolkit -- Sweet tooth. Common cakes ; Cake-making terms ; We all scream for ice cream ; Sundae anatomy ; Cookies ; How chocolate is made ; Worldly treats ; A spoonful of sugar ; Homemade butterscotch sauce ; Candy ; In an old-fashioned candy shop ; Pastries ; Pastry tools ; Soft sweets ; American pie ; Donuts ; The fortune cookie.