features

• THE SMELL OF SHRIMP: the academic and philosopher Timothy Morton first tackled food in his book, The Poetics of Spice. Here he returns to the Axial Age ideas about the relationship between desire and need
• WITH GREAT TASTE: eating is a necessity, but cooking is an art. An elegant collection of visual recipes, illustrated by the designer Phillip Lim, who has recently discovered the joy of cooking
• A TASTE OF EMPIRE: the globalised food system is, and always has been, rooted in an ecological imperialism that protects some, and leaves others painfully exposed. By Fabio Parasecoli
• ON THE CHEF'S TABLE: the changing role of the restaurant in contemporary American society, from The Galloping Gourmet to homemade Campari. By A.S. Hamrah
• FLAVOUR COUNTRY: in search of umami, the mysterious, fifth fundamental taste. By Martha Henriques, photography by Paolo Barbi
• CONCRETE ORCHARD: beneath the paving stones lies the beach. Photography by Rachel Chandler, styling by Eugenie Dalland
• THE BELLY OF ARCHITECTURE: at Harvard’s prestigious Graduate School of Design, Shohei Shigematsu of OMA runs a studio that questions the fundamentals of our food systems. By Jenny Jones
• FOOD FOR THE FUTURE: what became of the dream of a meal in a pill? Bee Wilson traces the strange legacies of the meal replacement, from early feminist fantasy to contemporary Silicon Valley reality
• DISCREET CHARM: from political allegory to a call for simple pleasures, the history of food in film uncovers a wider retreat into bourgeois comfort. By Maria Dimitrova
• CONSIDER THE OYSTER: after his wife was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, the photographer Nobuyoshi Araki captured their final meals together to create this haunting series
• DIGESTIVE LOGIC: notes on the inflows and outflows of gastrological materialism, from ancient Athens to Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. By Alistair Ian Blyth
• SWEET AND LOW: social interactions, dining and food, and their curious role in artistic practice. By Christabel Stewart and James Wilson
• SUBTERRANEANS by Rivka Galchen
• CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION: fashion is in the midst of a seismic generational shift. Words by Tamsin Blanchard, photography by Alice Neale, styling by Hamish Wirgman
• WILD STRAWBERRIES: an interior world of secret gestures and whispers. Photography by Joanna Piotrowska, styling by Nobuko Tannawa
• THE DECENTRED SELF: aligning the object and reframing the subject. Photography by Sohrab Golsorkhi-Ainslie, styling by Hamish Wirgman
• CLEAN AND SERENE: the eternal sunshine of a spotless wardrobe. Photography by Tina Tyrell, styling by Julia Ehrlich
• STRANGERS AND THE TIDE: Disruptive visions of dramatic, new menswear. Photography by Osma Harvilahti, styling by Bobby Hook
• TALL ORDER: Fashion’s new mood is all about proportion. Photography by Estelle Hanania, styling by Benoît Bèthume
• PODCASTS Flavour Country
• On the Chef's Table
• My Dinner with Eva Chen, Carol Lim & Humberto Leon
• Food of the Future by Bee Wilson
• Children of the Revolution by Tamsin Blanchard
• TIME OF NO REPLY: photography by Torbjørn Rødland, styling by Nobuko Tannawa