Synonym Magazine Issue 2: Rice & Beans

"Through the lens of food, Synonym Magazine delves into the intricate interplay of trade, politics, colonialism, and capitalism, examining how these forces have shaped and reshaped our cultures worldwide, influencing both immigrants and the natives of their adopted lands. Our mission is to amplify the voices and stories of immigrants worldwide. At Synonym, we’ll spotlight these stories and share how trade, politics, colonialism, and capitalism have changed food cultures around the world, for immigrants and countries’ natives alike. We’ll explore all of this in the most intimate ways possible —through generationally shared flavors, the dishes placed on a table, the spices packed in a suitcase."   Issue Two of Synonym Magazine explores rice and beans through all the senses. Omnia Saed profiles two chefs from Flavors from Afar, a restaurant that highlights and celebrates refugees and former asylum seekers-turned-chefs. Menal Kidane and Maria-Yvette Winters share their experiences as refug