The New Yorker [Magazine]; Volume 84, Number 38, November 24, 2008; "Harvest Display" By Wayne Thiebaud on Cover [Periodical]

A Good copy of a former library copy of "The Food Issue" of The New Yorker magazine from 11/24/2008. Cover illustration by Wayne Thiebaud is titled, "Harvest Display": colorful gourds rest on the top shelf with display boxes from different countries on the middle shelf. 132 pages. Wear to volume from library use. Cover has a barcode along top of spine and a wide white label covering the address label. Wrinkles along spine. Small tears across spine. Creasing to both covers. Wear to bottom edging. Small tear to title page bottom edging. Text is complete with no markings. Lavishly illustrated with drawings by Edward Koren; Mick Stevens; Bruce Eric Kaplan; Rina Piccolo; P.C. Vey; Joe Dator; P.S. Mueller; William Hamilton; Tom Cheney; Charles Barsotti; Leo Cullum; Sidney Harris; William Haefeli; David Sipress; Roz Chast; Jack Ziegler; Frank Cotham; Barbara Smaller; Danny Shanahan. Contents:"Goings On About Town; The Talk Of The Town: Elizabeth Kolbert on Bush's midnight rules; James Surowiecki on the food crisis; Ohio Postcard: Eviction by Peter J. Boyer; Letter From China: Garden of Contentment by Fuchsia Dunlop; Shouts & Murmurs: The Plan by Jack Handey; Dept. Of Gastronomy: By Meat Alone by Calvin Trillin; Our Far-Flung Correspondents: Sharper by Todd Oppenheimer; Personal History: One Fish, Two Fish by Mimi Sheraton; Annals Of Drinking: A Better Brew by Burkhard Bilger; Profiles: The Hungry Travellers by Jane Kramer; Fiction:"Ghosts" by Edwidge Danticat; The Critics: Life And Letters: The America of David Rabe by John Lahr; Books: Briefly Noted; On Television: "Fringe,"The Mentalist by Kelefa Sanneh; Pop Music: Pink's new album by Sasha Frere-Jones; The Art World: The New Orleans biennial by Peter Schjeldahl; The Current Cinema: "Slumdog Millionaire,"A Christmas Tale" by Anthony Lane; Poems: "The Bridgetower" by Rita Dove and "Master of Disguises" by Charles Simic" Advertising includes: Lexus; Citi; Qantas; Lincoln Financial Group; Crate & Barrel.…