Issue 3 - From Ancient to Modern

Orders will start shipping from mid-November 2026. 

For Issue 03, From Ancient to Modern, Toothsome explores the curious relationship between past, present and future, and the ways in which food, culture and design move between them. As technology propels us towards an increasingly unfamiliar future, we often find ourselves looking backwards for answers. But the past was once someone's future, too.

The “fresh” sushi you’re served was probably frozen first, on purpose. The queue around the block for the latest viral pastry has centuries of precedent. One of the most modern-looking chairs you’ll sit in is a Ming Dynasty throne in disguise. The more we investigated, the more the strange began to feel familiar, and the ordinary, surprising.

Bringing together a carefully curated selection of writers, photographers, chefs, artists, and cultural thinkers, Issue 03 includes Sessions Arts Club, Lena Ghaninejad, Sue Chan, David Mellor, Seetal Solanki, Stefan Kohli, Adriana Gallo, Ella Slater, Mehlaqa Khan, Arabella Breck, Loukia Constantinou,  Ziad Halub, JAKE MIKE BOY, Jazz Money, Panayiota Soutis, Tom Howells, Rawah Badrawi, Mark Bessudo, Zoe Suen, Wendy Huynh, Hannah Kahng, House of Baby, Lydia Whitmore, Steve Sabicer, among others.