| BY | The Slow Press |
| YEAR | Dec 2023 |
| DETAILS | Offset print, 112 pp 148 x 210 mm |
| LANGUAGE | English |
The Slow Press Vol. 6 – BEST BEFORE
$28.00
The Slow Press Vol. 6: BEST BEFORE features 9 rich food stories centered around time and change, written, designed, illustrated, and photographed by The Slow Press team and our amazingly talented contributors over the course of 2023.
Time waits for no fruit, grain, or bread—it isn’t always easy to divine an expiration date without the aid of supermarket tags. And yet, when it comes to what we eat, waiting can be either a fruitful endeavour (producing delicious sake) or an unwise choice (inviting mold onto your bread).
Mediate on and explore these tensions faced in our relationships between food and time with us as you read about: preserving familial relationships with salt, frustratingly slow changes in food quality for migrant workers, secret rice saving societies, fruit ripening, canned food, and more!
A puffy sticker featuring a layered agar jelly lovingly made by the TSP team stands at the centerpiece, but with enough space to leave a canvas for creativity. Each copy features a unique arrangement of expiry date stickers hand-sticked by the team and comes with a puffy sticker pack featuring food from the stories inside – a packet of salt, ripe bananas, a chilli padi flower—inviting readers to put a personal spin on the theme of ‘best before’.
About The Slow Press
The Slow Press is an independent food magazine fixated on the rich stories behind what we eat.
Through longform journalism, design, illustration, photography, and videography, the magazine seeks to bring Singapore’s vibrant food heritage to the foreground in an introspective, yet quirky and fun way. We want to shed light on the ways of looking at food to help you truly appreciate the goodness that goes into your stomach.
We’re not food critics or industry professionals – we strongly believe in the power of telling stories about and through food. You won’t find restaurant reviews or listicles about the top places to eat. Our juice is refreshing and revolutionary – what you’ll get in the zine are pieces crafted with nothing less than our dedication to casting insights into Singaporeans’ rich and diverse relationships with food.
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