Magazines

A dedication. To labour, resolution, Hemingway, collectives, our families, our friends, to the Middle East. The Carton’s first Winter issue invites you all to share a meal with us wherever you are in the world. A volume that represents what the past year of being in print has meant for us. Sahtein.

A dedication. To labour, resolution, Hemingway, collectives, our families, our friends, to the Middle East. The Carton’s first Winter issue invites you all to share a meal with us wherever you are in the world. A volume that represents what the past year of being in print has meant for us. Sahtein.

Vol.1 Do you taste the blue of the sea? Can you hear the white chewing of its stones in the deepest of its ends? How would you feel if its richest colours ceased to exist?

Vol.2 This is a short walk down culinary ecology as we ponder some of the basic efforts that could be undertaken to preserve both tradition and resources across cultures.

Vol.3 We travel to Lebanon’s largest two cities to peel away at the stories behind their shrouded houses that date back to the 19th century. Who lives there, how do they live, and why are these structures so important?

Shawarma.

This edition dissects the age-old street food like it's never been dissected before and looks at its horizons and the possibilities that await it. Let's celebrate the sight of that roasting spitted meat, shaved off a bit at a time, to finally fall into a glove of bread and be topped with all that you consider right.