{"title":"Synonym","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"synonym-magazine-issue-2-rice-beans","title":"Synonym Magazine Issue 2: Rice \u0026 Beans","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the creators of \u003cem\u003eSynonym Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003eIssue Two of \u003cem\u003eSynonym Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e explores rice and beans through all the senses. Omnia Saed profiles two chefs from Flavors from Afar, a restaurant that highlights and celebrates refugees and former asylum seekers turned-chefs. Menal Kidane and Maria-Yvette Winters share their experiences as refugees and how their food and flavors help them find a sense of home. We dive into the percussive sounds of processing beans in Masii, Kenya, by Neema Syovata. “The rhythmic \u003cem\u003ewhack! whack! whack! \u003c\/em\u003eof the group’s alternating strikes transforms the task into something of a musical performance.” Franco-Palestinian Chef Fadi Kattan of Akub in London talks about his new cookbook \u003cem\u003eBethlehem\u003c\/em\u003e, and the act of sharing his culture and heritage by preserving food traditions. Ethel Shayne, a 100-year-old Baghdadi Indian Jewish woman, shares what her life in India was like, and the cultural and culinary shifts as her family moved from Baghdad to Kolkata to Los Angeles. We also got a chance to chat with all-female rock\/punk band The Linda Lindas about life and food on the road. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"preFade fadeIn\"\u003eAmazing art and photography throughout the magazine, including work by Bethany Mollenkof, Souther Salazar, PatPatKate, Yudi Ela Echevarria, Joyce Lee, and Brian Guido. Through the lens of food, \u003cem\u003eSynonym Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e delves into the intricate interplay of trade, politics, colonialism, and capitalism, examining how these forces have shaped and reshaped our cultures worldwide, influencing both immigrants and the natives of their adopted lands. Our mission is to amplify the voices and stories of immigrants worldwide. We’ll explore all of this in the most intimate ways possible —through generationally shared flavors, the dishes placed on a table, the spices packed in a suitcase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-small preFade fadeIn\"\u003e102 pages, spiral bound, full color. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"sqsrte-small preFade fadeIn\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSynonym Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e is a biannual print magazine covering the global immigrant diaspora through the lens of food and art. We spotlight these immigrant stories and share how trade, politics, colonialism, and capitalism have changed food cultures around the world. 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The couple behind the brand is not only sharing Vietnamese culture and cuisine, but also the vibrant flavors and quality of Vietnam’s herbs and spices as they are meant to be tasted. Our editor, Tien Nguyen, interviews writer and author Monique Truong about the use of salt as a literary device. The result is an extraordinarily beautiful take on an ordinary seasoning and the metaphors it can inspire. We also have some lovely essays, including one about how a bike ride–turned–foraging expedition in Texas transports the writer and private chef Umair Khakoo back home to Pakistan. Ruby Robina Saha writes about the colonialist history of nutmeg from Indonesia’s Banda Islands and how it destroyed a culture (and created New York City as we know it). Daphne K. Jenkins talks about the love for li hing mui with Neale Asato from Asato Family Shop in Hawai‘i, and shares recipes featuring this sweet, salty, and tangy powder. Our frequent contributor Kat Hong speaks with Taiwanese\/Japanese comedian, Atsuko Okatsuka, about the Cheesecake Factory and the bay leaf conspiracy, as you can imagine it’s pretty hilarious. This issue is full of stunning imagery to go along with recipes, like the ones from Edy Massih, author of the cookbook \u003cem\u003eKeep it Zesty\u003c\/em\u003e, and a very special excerpt from \u003cem\u003eNoodles, Rice, and Everything Spice\u003c\/em\u003e by Christina De Witte and Mallika Kauppinen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e116 pages, spiral bound, full color.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSynonym Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e is a biannual print magazine covering the global immigrant diaspora through the lens of food and art. We spotlight these immigrant stories and share how trade, politics, colonialism, and capitalism have changed food cultures around the world. 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We partnered with photographer Nicola Muirhead to capture some of the issue’s most striking visuals. We feature an excerpt from Cambodian chef Nite Yun's new cookbook,\u003cem\u003e My Cambodi\u003c\/em\u003ea, which explores her family’s roots in Stockton, California—home to one of the largest Cambodian communities in the U.S. She also shares three recipes from the book, including the delicious Sach Ko Ang and Sach Mu-Anh Jien. (Full disclosure: one of our editors, Tien Nguyen, co-authored the cookbook.) Ruby Robina Saha interviews Indigenous chef Sean Sherman for our “Shelf Life” column, where he shares the American ingredients he always keeps on hand. The feature also includes an expanded profile and his reimagining of what American cuisine could look like. Priyadarshini Chatterjee takes us to Kolkata to explore the two Chinatowns that emerged there—Cheena Para and Tangra—accompanied by archival photographs generously shared by Bijoy Chowdhury. We’re thrilled to feature Ocean Vuong in our “Chewing the Fat” interview, where he talks with Esther Tseng about why he’s not a foodie—and shares some unpopular opinions about pho. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd that’s just the beginning. From a street in Poland, to the Afro-Mexican community in Chacahua, Mexico, to a Somali restaurant in Minneapolis, we can’t wait to share these stories with you. This issue also features incredible artwork and photography by Sandy Christ, Eva Lépiz, Joyce Lee, David López Osuna, Maria Naline, Yasmin Yassin, and many more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" class=\"\"\u003e116 pages, spiral bound, full color. Published November 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSynonym Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e is a biannual print magazine covering the global immigrant diaspora through the lens of food and art. 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