Taste of things to come: Condiment magazine combines food with thought

Words Anna McCooe
Visuals: Natalie Jones

Melbourne – Food magazines go existential this month as independent publishers and editors Chris Barton and Jessica Brent launch Condiment: Adventures in Food and Form.

Rather than focusing on food alone, the Melbourne-based biannual magazine was founded to ‘explore the links between food and creativity and food and community’, according to Barton.

The magazine sees food, fashion, photography and philosophy share the same plate. Barton likens the production process to hosting a dinner party. The launch issue guests include Italian design virtuoso Martino Gamper, who describes clam gathering in New Zealand, Los Angeles sculptor Ricky Swallow, who shares his collection of pottery and baskets, and UK writer EC Large, who expands on the philosophy of watching an onion.

As more magazines break out of conventional moulds, the creative appetite for such ventures is still to be satisfied. For more developments in the food industry, read our Food Trends report.