Fare Magazine, Seoul (2026)

29/12/2025

“Baekyangsa temple is located in the remote foothills of southwest Korea, reachable within a short train and taxi ride from the country’s megalopolis. The temple was originally founded in the petty kingdom of Baekje in 632 AD. Baekyangsa was founded by one of the kingdom’s final kings, Mu, in the last years before Baekjae was subsumed into the unified kingdom of Silla. It was through Silla that the Seon Buddhist faith came to the peninsula – via China.

In recent years, the temple has become a point of culinary renown for its famous resident, the Buddhist nun and chef Jeong Kwan. Jeong Kwan has emerged as an unlikely international celebrity, renowned for her mastery of temple cuisine and deep spiritual beliefs concerning food. In the last couple years she has become a teacher to chefs from Seoul. Even Michelin-starred chefs like Mingoo Kang, from restaurant Mingles, regularly journey a couple hours south from the capital to learn from her.”

From the Seoul issue of , sold out in print but now on sale in a digital edition at the link in our bio.

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29/12/2025

“To prepare something, to buy good ingredients, to make something in a very specific way, it’s a way of learning Polish cuisine and how people once lived. Appreciation of the produce is also important to me. I don’t go to supermarkets, I try to buy seasonally and allow the produce to inspire me.

I have the Hala Mirowska nearby – In summer we always take a ten-minute walk to get our groceries there every saturday morning. I have my favourite sellers and I have my favourite eggs. I have my egg lady, my sausage lady; my meat guy, who is a little crazy. And right next to our house is also the Biobazar, another site where the farmers bring out their beautiful produce. There’s the Italian guy from whom we buy our ricotta and prosciutto and all the Italian things that we eat on a daily basis.

With all these people I have some kind of relationship. But I think the best one I have is with my dairy lady – Mrs. Maria. She always has this huge platter of this beautiful white cottage cheese. I can also buy the butter from my grandfather’s workplace there. She has all the brands of all the creams, all the milks, all the yoghurts, and she tells me everything that’s going on...I know about all the types of roses she is planting in her garden. I get to see photos of her grandchildren.”

From our meal at home with in the Warsaw issue of , available at the link in bio.

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18/12/2025

“Painted prominently atop the bakery walls at Hopia are the words Lyökäämme käsi kätehen, sormet sormien lomahan (“Let us clasp our hands together, tie our fingers together”). They’re rather striking words to adorn a bakery’s walls, but the line—an excerpt from the opening verses of the Kalevala—is a powerful allusion to the shared origins of Finland’s national epic and the bakery’s culinary traditions in the beautiful, highly contentious borderland region known as Karelia.

The jewels of Karelian bakery tradition are the country-wide favourite karjalanpiirakat (Karelian pies). These small, crimped pasties are made from rye dough, and kneaded with the traditional pulikka. Historically the filling was a barley mixture, but since the nineteenth century they’ve become most popular with fillings of rice or mashed potato. The crowning of the karjalanpiirakka, however, is in its topping: a warm, indulgent egg butter (munavoi) that’s spread overtop in a layer often thicker than its base.

Hopia is particularly magical on a winter morning; the streets outside the bakery frozen still. When you enter Hopia you’ll drape your coat on the stand-up rack and cross the room to carry to your table a tray laden with sweet scented buns, or pasties crowned with egg butter. Glancing upwards, you’ll notice that, just above where your coat hangs, Väinämöinen, with his long white beard, gazes wistfully onwards.”

Read more in the Helsinki issue of , available in digital edition on our online shop

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17/12/2025

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This includes digital editions of every Fare issue, including those long out of print, such as Helsinki, Antwerp, Kyoto, and more.

Pick up the Fare Digital Collection and take all 18 issues with you on your mobile device. It’s the perfect last-minute gift for the friend who lives in Copenhagen or the coworker who’s about to holiday in Mexico City. Or if you simply can’t decide, send a Digital Gift Card and let them choose for themselves. Link to shop in bio.

16/12/2025

“Fletcher Street Urban Riding Club has picked up a few other tenants over the years as well: a handful of chickens, a potbellied pig, and a Great Dane named Jake roam across the hay-covered grounds. It’s a lot of activity packed into this relatively small space, but it all takes place under the watchful eye of the club’s volunteers. El-Dog, now in his eighties, can as easily be found supervising a young rider tacking up their horse as sitting in the shade and holding court with tales of different times on Fletcher Street.

When the gates to the stable yard are open, anyone is welcome to stop in – and many do. Neighbourhood kids, some as young as toddlers, thrilled to see or pet the horses, pop by accompanied by their parents. Some older kids show up with an express interest in learning to ride. Here there are no membership dues or joining fees, just the understanding that anyone looking to ride must first learn to care for the animals. Cleaning, feeding, and grooming the horses may seem unglamorous work, but here the importance of these skills is emphasised as a parallel to self care and respect among the riders themselves.”

Read the full cover story in the new issue of Philadelphia, available now at the link in our bio.

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11/12/2025

“Famously, I woke up at three o’clock [in the morning] and I said, “We gotta open up a restaurant, dude.” And she was like, “Go to sleep.”

”He’s the dreamer and I’m the realist. And you need the two.”

Read the full interview with Rachel and Phila in the new issue of Fare: Philadelphia, available now for preorder at the link in our bio.

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09/12/2025

A lovely little last-minute gift 💌

The Fare Travel Tote is a high quality heavyweight bag that’s larger and more substantial than a standard tote – ideal for travel but a great size for everyday hauls as well. It’s just the perfect size for vinyl records, a shoebox, or even a big supermarket run.

Totes and caps now available for shipping in the UK! This limited run is live now on our site at the link in bio. Last day to order before Christmas is December 12.

04/12/2025

At long last – we’re so excited to share the first batch of products from the Fare merch shop, now available for shipping in the UK. This limited run is live now on our site! Check the link in our bio. Last day to order before Christmas is December 12.

👜The Fare Travel Tote is a high quality, heavyweight bag both sleek and sturdy. Larger and more substantial than a standard tote, it’s ideal for travel but a great size for everyday hauls as well – the perfect size for vinyl records, a shoebox, or even a big supermarket run.
🧢The Fare cap comes in faded burgundy with white embroidered logo and a vintage low profile 6 panel design

For our readers around the world – what other items or colourways would you like to see? Leave us a comment below to help us shape our next launch in the new year.

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03/12/2025

“The Citywide Special is Philly’s bar order of choice.

The concept is simple: a shot-and-beer combination that’s cheap enough to bring people through the door and keep them coming back.

Available at any self-respecting dive in the city, what’s now known as the Citywide originated simply as “The Special” in the early nineties at Bob & Barbara’s Lounge on South Street: a shot of Jim Beam bourbon sold alongside a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon. After becoming wildly popular, this combo turned into a fixture of other watering holes across the city, and a ubiquitous staple of Philly dive bars – even when the beer or choice of liquor varied. However, you can head straight to the source of it all, where Bob & Barbara’s are still slinging the original Citywide for just five dollars. It’s perfect at the end of a long day, or the precursor to a long evening.”

From the new issue of Philadelphia, available now for preorder at the link in our bio.

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02/12/2025

“Philly culture and history converge in a special way on South Street. Lines form on the sidewalk where people wait for a cheesesteak at Jim’s, a slice at Lorenzo’s Pizza, or maybe to catch a gig at TLA (Theatre of The Living Arts). Here and there, artist Isaiah Zagar’s colourful, mirrored mosaics catch and sparkle in the light, giving the street a rather psychedelic effect.

Isaiah and his wife Julia moved to South Street in 1968 as young artists recently returned home after a stint in the Peace Corps as conscientious objectors to the Vietnam War. Back in Philly, they joined in on a years-long fight led by local Black activists against city efforts to create a cross- town expressway that would have eliminated life on South Street.

Even before The Orlons, a local R&B group, recorded their hit “South Street” in 1963, this unique stretch had long served as the city’s entertainment and counterculture hub. The first permanent playhouse in America, the Southwark Theatre, was founded here in 1766, drawing an avant garde crowd – the Quaker-influenced city government of the time banned live performances, among other activities deemed decadent vices.”

From “402 South Street” in the new issue of Fare: Philadelphia, available now for preorder at the link in our bio.

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01/12/2025

Happy Monday! There are lots of new faces on here – welcome to Fare 🧡

Fare is a food-focused travel magazine that explores the depth of culture in a single city. Each issue is a beautiful print volume with 200 pages of essays, interviews, original illustrations and photography from local contributors: rather than a guide, it’s a timeless collection of stories by those who know the city best.

Along the way, we like to share snapshots and stories here on our Instagram, too. Thank you for being here!

27/11/2025

“You know Philly when you hear it.”
- Patti LaBelle

Issue 18: Philadelphia contains 200-pages of interviews, essays, original illustrations and photography, a deep dive into the past and present of one of the oldest cities in the United States. Now available for preorder – or subscribe to Fare and get two new cities delivered per year. Click the link in our bio for more.

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