Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-281) and indexes.

Preface: Eating Together -- I. Abbreviations -- II. Other Scholarly Tools -- III. Sources and Patristic Texts -- Introduction. Eating at the Common Monastic Table -- Ch. 31. Qualifications of the Monastery Cellarer -- Ch. 32. The Tools and the Goods of the Monastery -- Ch. 33. Whether Monks Ought to Have Anything as Their Own -- Ch. 34. Whether All Are to Receive What Is Necessary in Equal Measure -- Excursus: Poverty and the Poor in the Rule of St. Benedict -- Ch. 35. The Weekly Kitchen Servers -- Ch. 36. The Sick Monks -- Excursus: Baths in Ancient Times -- Excursus: Eating of Meat -- Ch. 37. Of the Aged and Children -- The Common Meal: Introduction to RB 38-42 -- Ch. 38. The Weekly Reader -- Excursus: What might have been read at table? -- Excursus: Communion -- Ch. 39. The Proper Amount of Food -- Ch. 40. The Proper Amount of Drink -- Ch. 41. The Times for the Brothers' Meals -- Ch. 42. No One Is to Speak after Compline -- Secondary Sources and Studies -- Index of Subjects, Authors, and Works -- Index of RB References -- Index of Hebrew Scriptures: Old Testament -- Index of Christian Scriptures: New Testament.