Culinary historical, geographical, and ethnic foodways emphases: Two prize-winning essays (French croissants in the US, Istrian terroir) and a research note (feminism, family foods, Detroit Chaldeans) from the 2016 Sue Samuelson Award competition. Research potential in 1911 German Hygiene Exhibition literature. News of the Lockwood cookbook collections at Michigan State University Libraries-Special Collections. Amuse Bouche (Estonian émigré’s recollections, Christmas Eve food and gift-giving, displaced persons camp after World War II). Reviews of five books.

Cover Photo: Folklorist Martha Sims holds forth the end of a baked croissant showing its layered coil structure. Tulie Bakery, Salt Lake City, 2015. Photo: Brian Lovely.