Synonym #3
Synonym amplifies the voices and stories of immigrants worldwide. Through an intimate food lens, Synonym explores the intricacies and interplays of movement, trade, politics, colonialism, and capitalism.
In this issue: Spices
Romance and survival, in pinches and pungency, issue #3 of Synonym explores stories of spice. Highlights include writer Monique Truong on salt as literary device, Rawai Abdelsamad, Ruby Robina Saha on the colonial history of nutmeg, how it destroyed indigenous Bandanese culture and built New York City, and comedian Atsuko Okatsuka on the Cheesecake Factory and the bay leaf conspiracy.
Los Angeles; USA; 27x21cm, 94 pages, spiral bound, Semi-annual