COVER
Chris Christie Was Born to Run (Nation)
He won re-election in New Jersey with a campaign act designed to win the presidency in 2016. Why the New Jersey governor ain't going away anytime soon
EDITOR'S DESK
The Long Game (Cover)
COMMENTARY
Scarborough: Chris Christie is a Man for All Factions
Like Ronald Reagan before him, the New Jersey governor could unite the Republican Party
Frenemies: The U.S.-German Trade Story (The Curious Capitalist)
Sparring between the countries could damage the global economy
FEATURES
What Holds Him Back (Nation)
Mitt Romney was zeroing in on Chris Christie as his running mate-until Romney's team started digging into the New Jersey governor's records
Why China Can't Create Anything (World)
The country is getting rich but unless it can learn to innovate, its economy will never overtake the United States
'Any one of those guys would love to trade with me... and have a little bit of a difficult life. They would be ALIVE' (Nation)
A deadly explosion in Iraq set Bobby Henline on a path to a new life
BRIEFING
Charlie Trotter (Milestones)
He changed Chicago dining--and America's
Virginia (Nation)
The Old Dominion goes blue
Milestones (Milestones)
A Bellwether Battle (Nation)
Nalini Ambady (Milestones)
Godmother of first impressions
Briefing
World
Big Change in the Big Metros (Nation)
Split Decisions (Nation)
Mixed verdicts for gambling, school aid and oil
THE CULTURE
Vandana Shiva: Prophet of Boom and Doom
In New Delhi, she's the bane of big agriculture and genetically modified food
The Gods of Food
TIME picks the people who most influence what we eat-and how we think about it
Eat, memory
Recent food memoirs that serve up unfamiliar worlds via the intimacy of eating
Sweet Finish
Don't skip dessert if you have a chance to taste the work of these three pastry chefs
Burger Heaven
Burgers have been violated by foie gras and supersizing. These spots stick to the perfect basics
Aida Batlle: Riding Coffee's Wave
One woman's El Salvador coffee plantations are fueling a new trend
The Dudes of Food
Alex Atala of São Paulo, René Redzepi of Copenhagen and David Chang of New York
Wan Long: Taking America's Bacon to Beijing
Buying American quality to sate worried chinese consumers
Got Milk? India Does
Amrita Patel is milking co-op cattle to feed India economy
Sergio Nuñez de Arco: The King of Quinoa
How the poor man's food from the Andes made it in America
Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi: Masters of the Holy Land Kitchen
The London-based chefs bring Jerusalem's cooking to the world
The World's Most Mysterious Sushi Provider
New Jersey's True World, a company linked to the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon, dominates the distribution of raw fish
Pop Chart
Michael Pollan: Foodie Philosopher
The Berkeley, California author is writing the commandments of sustainability
10 Questions for Doris Kearns Goodwin (10 Questions)
The historian talks presidential relationships, gun control and dealing with baseball nerves
Quinoa Chaufa
Chaufa, the stir-fry style introduced to Peru by Chinese migrants, gets a quinoa twist from chef Gastón Acurio in his Lima restaurant La Mar
Joel Stein: Step Away From the Phone Game, Mom (The Awesome Column)
People are wasting a lot of time. They should really leave that to the professionals
Dan Barber: King of Kale
The New York chef is rooting his activism in delicious cooking
Andrea Petrini: Paris's Culinary Starmaker
France's great cultivator of talent
Ertharian Cousin Takes Aim at Hunger
How do you feed 95 million of the world's poor?
Albert Adrià: The Magician of the Moment
El Bulli's secret weapon is a secret no longer