Language, a way of communicating, is intrinsic to food in many ways – as is food to communication: the salutations from a farmer to their crop; the phrases to start or end a meal; harvest rituals to thank the gods for a bountiful season; the way food communicates with us when it’s ripe or gone bad; food as a language of love and a universal language. Although we couldn’t go to print with our first magazine in 2020, we're excited to share the different languages of food with you here.
We ask the three residents of Takigahara Farm in Ishikawa prefecture to reflect on images from several years ago. Their recollections show how thoughts and conversations, whether shared or personal, are inseparable from a landscape and even help to define it.
By Sherry Zheng It’s often said that the way to the heart is through the stomach. This photo series seeks out...
By Manasa Sitaram Illustrations Adithya Venugopol Translation Emiko Anayama The term ‘curry’ is at once strikingly familiar and yet staggeringly complex. Hearing the word can almost immediately conjure...
By Natalia Ramos Botana is a compilation of still life compositions portraying ingredients found in Mercado de San Juan, one of the...
By Adam James Photography Ben Lindell > “We belong to this land in north-east Arnhem Land, Australia...We are first people, we...