Swill Magazine Issue 5

Swill Magazine Issue 5 is a sprawling, sun-drenched dispatch from the edges of food culture — from the agave farms of Oaxaca to the barbecue pits of Texas, the coastline of Wales to the artist communities of rural Australia.

Mexico-based photographer Andrew Reiner spent a week in the southern Mexico mountain town of Oaxaca doing midnight beer runs for agave farmers and recording what he ate around the markets that keep the city ticking. He also shot the only Egyptian pitmaster in Texas, with the greatest moustache to grace the pages of a magazine since 1976.

Photographer John Laurie delivers a sweeping, magical look at the coast of Wales, while Molly Pepper Steemson essays the posh lives of BBC darlings The Two Fat Ladies, and Mighty Boosh actor and photographer Dave Brown — who plays everybody's favourite shaman familiar, Bollo — sits down for a rare interview.

Over in LA, artist Kristy Luck shows photographer Caitlin G Dennis around her studio. The issue also features pages from late artist Dorothy Iannone's extraordinary 1969 cookbook, and photographer Cybele Malinowski captures the artist community of Hill End, where the mingling of food and art is life.

Back of house: Sean Moran on running one of Sydney's most storied pubs before opening beloved Bondi Beach restaurant Sean's; hospitality kingpin Con Christopoulos on building an empire; and a Melbourne deli crawl with Scopri's Anthony Scutella. Plus a series of racy cocktails from a time when hair was huge and greed was good.

Details:

• 196 pages
• Published 2024
• 370mm × 265mm
• Softcover