A magazine reading into culture through food—serving up stories and other pieces on our connection with what we consume through multifarious perspectives.
Take part in Serving Suggestion's second issue!
As we are currently cooking up our second ever print edition, we are accepting submissions for until 6 March 2023.
Swipe left on the post above to see the format options and the detailed requirements for each of them.
Submit yours now! 😉📝🍎
There’s only so many images we can fit into a single print issue. Among all the images, here is a selection of our favourite shots taken by !
—“Fine dining restaurants like to plate their dishes in a way that’s akin to painting, but what I do is painting with food for real. My gesture may look like I’m plating a dish, yet what I do is painting. Conversely, what [chefs] do may look like they’re painting, when they’re actually plating.”
Sharing Table translates tabletop conversations over meals into a written form. We shared food recommendations with artist Arin Sunaryo, talked about how his family indirectly influenced his love for food, the connection between food and his art, and many more over some satays, lodeh, and wine in his go-to spot.
Interview by Almer Mikhail
Photography by Aldiansyah Waluyo
🔗 Read the entire conversation in Serving Suggestion issue 1. Please order your copy through the link in bio or check our official .
—Serving Suggestion issue #1 is available to purchase at:
INDONESIA via by Further Reading
1️⃣ Tokopedia (🔗 link in bio)
2️⃣ Footurama, Jakarta
3️⃣ Bobo Tokyo, BSD City
ASIA
4️⃣ Calo Bookshop & Cafe, Osaka
5️⃣ Riwayat Bookstore, Kuala Lumpur
6️⃣ The Book Society, Seoul
7️⃣ Tokosue, Kuala Lumpur
EU/US
8️⃣ After 8 Books, Paris
9️⃣ Center for Arts, Research and Alliances (CARA), New York
1️⃣0️⃣ Center for Book Arts (CBA), New York
1️⃣1️⃣ Printed Matter (Chelsea store), New York
1️⃣2️⃣ Printroom, Rotterdam
Ulises, Philadelphia
DIRECT INTERNATIONAL
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—“I’d even give up my craving for fast food, just for Indomie.”
Best known as the bass player for heavy metal band Seringai, Sammy Bramantyo is also a passionate eater. Through his culinary businesses, he approaches food as a platform to explore, create, and connect.
🔗 Read the full interview in Serving Suggestion issue 1. Please order your copy through the link in bio or check our official .
Easily the most memorable dinner course I had this year! 😋Subtly situated in a row of heritage shophouses in Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown, is dedicated to a chef-driven kitchen (menu), nice selection of natty, and good hospitality! 🥖🎏🍷
📝 Excited to see how this area turning its wheels (I lived here 12–14 years ago) to become home to some of the city’s most design-forward spaces.
—Aftertaste highlights personal accounts of the lingering memories certain dishes or drinks might instil. In our first issue, we are joined by six stories centered around connection, whether to one’s home, family, or period of life.
Stories by Dwika (), Tia (), Ayu (__ohamelia), Syazween (), Jashan (.and.space), and Roy ().
🔗 Read the full stories in Serving Suggestion issue 1. Please order your copy through the link in bio or check our official .
Forecasted rainy week with occasional thunderstorms ahead. Here are 10 hearty soup dishes to keep you feel all warm and fuzzy inside AM to PM. ⛈🍲
1️⃣ Her Name is Han’s Army stew (Budae-jjigae)
2️⃣ Ho Kow Hainam Kopitiam’s chicken curry noodle
3️⃣ Lyuro Tokyo’s breakfast pumpkin soup
4️⃣ Kikanbo’s Karashibi miso ramen
5️⃣ Lai Foong’s beef boodle soup
6️⃣ Pak Ali’s lamb soup
7️⃣ Homemade kimchi stew (Kimchi-jjigae)
8️⃣ Kagari’s tori paitan ramen
9️⃣ Amy Thai Bistro’s chicken green curry
🔟 Mamak (Indian muslim) style lamb soup
Which one should I make a review post for? 📝
Now that it’s the holiday season (sort of), here are some of the better tasting airplane food this year! ✈️🍱
The fish and coffee from and miso soup from are my top 3 picks!
Am I the only one who loves airplane food? 👀
First impressions of ‘Selama Ini dan Begitu Adanya’, a solo presentation by M***i Priyanka () at C on Temporary, Bandung.
C on Temporary
Level 2 Gormeteria
Pasir Kaliki 176
Bandung 40173
Kongkow with Amenkcoy
🗓11 & 17 December 2022
🗓 7 & 21 January 2023
⏰ 15:00–18:00 WIB
Zine launching with .reading.press
🗓 14 January 2023
⏰ 15:00–18:00 WIB
Our last destination this year! ✈️🍏
Catch us at .reading.press booth in next weekend, Friday, 2 December through Sunday, 4 December to snag a copy or two.
Secure yours now.
Limited copies available on the spot!
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Further Reading Press at
🗓️ 2–4 December 2022
🏢 The Godown Arts Center
📍 Booth B32
🎟️ Friday–Sunday, 12–8 PM
Purchase tickets: klartbookfair.com
To consume is perhaps as fundamental an act as it can be. Following crying, it is the first thing we do after birth. Eating and drinking are something we do everyday—sometimes mindfully, other times absent-mindedly—yet the ways in which the act enriches our lives go far beyond mere nourishment.
Serving Suggestion’s first issue begins with food as a medium of expression. In the last decades, we’ve seen how food becomes both more complex and nuanced, personal and social, a political subject and an everyday affair, embedded into memories both happy and sad, a representation of ideas from the past and ideas that are yet to come.
In the following pages, we are excited to present pieces that explore food in different contexts. Aftertaste highlights our personal connection with food through memories, told in six stories from contributors across the globe. Sharing Table translates tabletop conversations over dinner into a written form. In this issue, we are joined by Arin Sunaryo who shared about his deep appreciation of food, the connection between food and his art, and his favourite places to eat—as we have dinner in one of them. Elsewhere, ‘Fungal Encounters’ takes us foraging for mushrooms through urban areas and beyond.
The significance of food throughout different stages of life is explored in reference to Shakespeare’s As You Like It in ‘Rasa Fantasi (‘Don’t Cry Rice’) - Food, Performance, and the Future’, where each stage is related to different works of art. From Berlin, sōydivision penned a write-up on their artistic collaboration with Pei-Ying Lin, which incorporates viruses in culinary experiences.
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Third trip of the year! ✈️🍏
Catch us at .reading.press booth in next weekend, Friday, 25 November through Sunday, 27 November to snag a copy or two!
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Further Reading Press at
🗓️ 25–27 November 2022
🏢 Bait Obaid Al Shamsi
📍 Arts Square
🎟️ Friday–Sunday, 4–10 PM
Purchase tickets: ticket.sharjahart.org
Been idle for a while and took a much-needed break after a long art book fairs trip last month! 🌎🌍🌏
Here to thank everyone who came and supported us at our first Tokyo Art Book Fair! It was fun getting to know our new readers in the city, as well as meeting our old and new friends and connections. We had a good time and definitely looking forward to next year! 📚🎌
Only 1 day away from Serving Suggestion issue 1 Tokyo release! (Our 2nd destination) ✈️🍏
Catch us at .reading.press booth in this Thursday, 27 October through Sunday, 30 October to snag a copy or two!
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Further Reading Press at
🗓️ 27–30 October 2022
🏢 Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
📍 Zine’s Mate Area
🎟️ Thursday, 6–9 PM (Opening Night)
🎟️ Friday–Sunday, 10:30 AM–7 PM
Purchase tickets: https://artsticker.page.link/TABF2022
Burnt morning coffee (blame the jetlag! ✈️), Popeye’s chicken sandwich at the park, serious literature (and parties! 🪩), long queues, Asian takeouts 🥡, new stockists here and there, and Wolfgang Tillmans show (sick!) are only a few things that made New York experience real! 🤝
Cheers to the countless fist bumps, book swaps, fun serendipities… and bagels! 🥯
All round positive reception for our first magazine launch. Thank you! 📚Definitely considering our annual fair! What do you say? 💬
Days away from Serving Suggestion issue 1 New York release (AKA first trip ever) ! ✈️🍏
Catch us at .reading.press booth in this Thursday, 13 October through Sunday, 16 October to snag a copy or two!
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Further Reading Press at
🗓️ 13–16 October 2022
🏢 548 West 22nd Street
📍 Booth A11
🎟️ Thursday, 6–9 PM (Opening Night)
🎟️ Friday, 1–7 PM
🎟️ Saturday, 11 AM–7 PM
🆓 Sunday, 11 AM–5 PM
Purchase tickets: artsvp.co/printedmatter
Thanks to you!
And to everyone involved with the Jakarta Art Book Fair 2022 M Bloc Edition last weekend..
We had a great time!
A quick glimpse👀 into our first issue, from a segment in which we had a fun conversation over some specially-ordered satays, perkedel, lodeh, and wine. Have a read in a few days at ! 📚
📸 by:
Days away from Serving Suggestion issue 1 release! 🍏
Catch us at by .reading.press booth in 2022 from 30 September to 2 October to snag a copy with special price!
Plus, come for a visit on Saturday as we'll have a special panel discussion from 5–6 PM. 🎙️
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KIOSK by .reading.press
Jakarta Art Book Fair 2022: M Bloc Edition
🗓️ Fri–Sun, 30 Sept–2 Oct
🕛 11 AM–8 PM
📍 Table 03
🏢 M Bloc Space, Creative Hall
🎟️ linktr.ee/jakartaartbookfair
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Jakarta Art Book Fair 2022: M Bloc Edition is a ticketed event. Head to to learn more about their tickets and how to purchase them.
Days away from Serving Suggestion #01 release!
Catch us at KIOSK by .reading.press in table #03 to snag a copy with special price!
+ come for a visit on Saturday as we'll have a special panel discussion from 17.00 to 18.00 🎙️
M Bloc Edition
🗓 Fri - Sun, 30 Sept - 2 Oct
🕛 11 AM - 8 PM
📍 M Bloc Space, Creative Hall
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Jakarta Art Book Fair 2022: M Bloc Edition is a ticketed event. Head over to the link in our bio to purchase your tickets.
Counting down to our ✨launch✨ with a recap of mushroom hunting in Singapore from a few weeks back–as part of our research for Issue #1. Peep our Trips story highlight for more 🍄 and catch our fresh prints at real soon!
‘Still Life with Exotic Fruits’ by Henri Rousseau (1908). Can you identify the fruits in this painting? 🍐🥭🍊🍋
A brief history of chopsticks masterclass with Shelly. 🧑🏻🔬
The Big Bang Theory: season 1, episode 2
The Big Bran Hypothesis
You need more time 🗣️, we hear you! 🙉
We are extending open call until Friday, 22 July 2021.
Submit your story now! ⏳
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Aftertaste is a series of personal accounts of the lingering memories certain dishes or drinks might instil. From grandma’s holiday-season cooking, noodles from a now-closed shop near your old school, to a delightful lunch you just had yesterday, we want to present that for our taste buds, memories are as essential as flavours.
We are keen to hear and feature your personal stories involving a particular food or drink. Send us a 150 to 250 words story highlighting a memory associated with a dish, connection with a certain diner, or a poetic recollection on a remarkable dining experience.
Please send in your submission to: [email protected] with the subject ‘Aftertaste - Your Name’.
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