Publishing
When I first had the idea of creating an independent wine and food magazine I was driven by a sense of enquiry and a wish to engage with the real as much as with the romantic.
My wish was to return to a dialogue that examined the simplicity and originality of context, highlighting methods and traditional flavours that reach beyond the merely innovative. I felt that the publication could also provide insight and explanation, as much with powerful imagery as it could with words.
I am not alone on this voyage and have been joined by a chorus of independent and incisive voices from around the world – writers, artists and photographers – whose contributions provide rich and varied perspectives.
We seek out and examine the essence of all we eat and drink, be it from the farm, the sea, the vineyard, the market, the kitchen or the restaurant, all in the belief that an understanding of place, and a respect for culture, can provide an important key to delicious tastes.
The principle purpose of all we eat and drink is to provide refreshment and nourishment. It must never do anything less, but we believe it can do so much more. We will reappraise accepted facts, challenge received assumptions, educate, inspire and amuse.
You hold in your hands the first issue of our venture together – independent and thought provoking, with inspiring prose and beautiful imagery, unsullied by pages of advertising.
We are delighted that you are joining us on this voyage of discovery. June 2015
Publishing blogs
Welcome
Welcome to In Search of Taste magazine. When I first had the idea of creating an independent wine and food magazine I was driven by a sense of enquiry and a wish to engage with the real as much as with the romantic. My wish was to return to a dialogue that examined...
A Winemaker’s Year
We live in a time where more wine is available to more people than ever before in history. It has become an egalitarian product, no longer the preserve of the metropolitan establishment or the landed elite - it should be a golden age of wine drinking for all. But is...
Ron Haselden
Ron Haselden is one of the many contributing artists to our magazine. Born in Britain, he lives partly in London, and partly near the French coast of Brittany in Plouër-sur-Rance. Too modest to assume such definitions personally, Ron is something of a modern day Uomo...
Where to drink In Vienna
The Raw Wine Fair might have made a statement in Vienna this past June, but natural wine is still a sleeper in those parts. Pub Klemo’s mercurial owner Robert Brandhofer. If you’re in that city to tank up on the museums, get your Freud fix and find yourself in need of...
An introduction to photographer Robert Freson
The late Irving Penn continues to be one of America’s most published and exhibited photographers. His work spanned the immediate post-war years of the 20th century, providing images of the creative icons and political personalities of the day - many of which featured...
Gnocchi
The answer is a dumpling that’s as old as pasta itself. That’s Gnocchi – made most times nowadays with potato, but with variants assembled from semolina, regular wheat flour, chestnut flour, polenta, breadcrumbs (like Knödel) and, in Lombardy, they make theirs with...