Roads & Kingdoms #1
212 x 275 mm, 144 pages
New York, USA
Annual
First published in 2025
Co-founders & publishers: Nathan Thornburgh & Matt Goulding
Editor at large: José Andrés
Art direction & design: Oleksii Salnykov & Sasha Bychenko (Kultura Studio)
‘Pleasure-seeking in a deranged world’
Roads & Kingdoms #1 is the debut print edition of the online journal of the same name, devoted to the intersection between culinary culture and human experience.
In an editorial framed as a letter, Matt Goulding reminisces on his correspondence with the late chef and TV personality Anthony Bourdain, reflecting on the genesis of their creative partnership and friendship, and closing with the raison d’être at the heart of this issue: ‘What would Tony do? That’s a North Star I’m willing to follow just about anywhere.’
This inaugural edition then, is a culinary travel compendium following stories all the way from Mexico to the Camino de Santiago. Inside, Nathan Thornburgh ruminates on the glut of iguanas in Key West, challenging the reader to ‘consider the lizard’ as a sustainable source of protein in the apocalyptic years to come; Charly Wilder gets her steps in, mapping out the optimum route for encountering the finest landmarks and eateries in Berlin; Palestinian visual artist Samaa Emad shares an extract from ‘To Cook in Gaza’, part of her project ‘Genocide Kitchen’, documenting the recipes and survival methods employed by Gazans under siege; and a travel writing commission involving a trip to meet the bees and beekeepers of the Balkans gives Lauren Oyler an out from a romantic relationship turned sour. Plus, discover a ‘semi-scientific’ guide to Pulque, the unusual alcoholic Mexican beverage made from the sap of an agave plant.