{"product_id":"serviette-issue-09-food-is-war-food-is-peace","title":"Serviette – Issue 09: Food is War \/ Food is Peace","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"border-left: 3px solid #c3a46f; padding-left: 14px; margin: 30px 0 24px 0;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0 0 6px 0; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.3; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eCoffee Table Mags pick\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.55;\"\u003eFor food readers \u003cspan style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: italic;\"\u003e— stories about conflict, resilience, memory and community, seen through the ways food divides, connects and endures. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eServiette is a Toronto-based magazine about food and the people, cultures, histories, systems and ideas surrounding it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIssue 09, “Food is War \/ Food is Peace”, looks at how food becomes entangled with both conflict and reconciliation. The issue moves from Ukrainian soldiers stopping for gas-station hot dogs on their way to the front lines to Palestinian farmers and artists preserving traditional seeds amid war and Minneapolis restaurants rebuilding after violence and disruption.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe issue is deliberately not only about hardship. Across these stories, food also becomes a source of continuity, solidarity and hope — whether through seed preservation, familiar meals, community support or the rituals that help people maintain a sense of normality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther stories look at culinary rivalries across West Africa, halloumi as a form of Cypriot diplomacy, the legacy of wartime sweets, agricultural experiments with radiation, the future of basmati rice, Beirut’s restaurant culture and a Korean Buddhist nun’s relationship with growing and preparing food.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Serviette\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFounded in Toronto in 2022, Serviette approaches food as much more than something to eat. Through reporting, essays and visual storytelling, it explores the links between food and culture, science, history, design, hospitality and the wider systems that shape how food reaches us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Serviette","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53950803869962,"sku":null,"price":23.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/7841\/files\/coffeetablemags_serviette_09_cover.jpg?v=1792597115","url":"https:\/\/coffeetablemags.de\/products\/serviette-issue-09-food-is-war-food-is-peace","provider":"Coffee Table Mags","version":"1.0","type":"link"}