This issue is all about FOOD. Our friend quori theodor, an amazing artist and inventive chef, is Mishou’s very first Guest Editor! They invited an incredible group of chefs, artists, and food lovers to contribute to this issue. Inside you will discover recipes (piano cakes! onigiri friends! silly soup!), activities (how to make a bird feeder! flavor meditations! edible storytelling!), artists from age 5-88, & so much more!

Letter from the editor, quori theodor:

What even is cooking? Why isn’t a recipe more like a spell? 

In this issue of Mishou we’ll explore some of the many ways we can play with our food

How does a dream taste? Is a sandwich a sculpture? 

You probably already know countless ways to make food fun. In a way, this issue is about celebrating kids’ punk sense of food (and how grownups can learn from y’all!)

how it looks, how it tastes, how it feels

Of course we have some pretty fun grownups too who will be sharing some of the inspiring ways they have made a life around playing with their food.

the color of flavor

I hope this magazine gives you more possibilities in all things food!

Issue #5 features:

Angela Dimayuga, Ashley Lukashevsky, CAConrad, Jen Monroe, Zora Anyanwu-Davis, Chioma Ebinama, Remy Maelen/GOOD WITCH, Doris Hồ-Kane, Bobbi Salvör Menuez, Owariya+Ariko+Sean+Tennbo, NÜNCHI/Lexie Park, Bread and Puppet, Bo, Avy, LJ Gallistel, Flora Zhou, Rocco Isaac Flynn, Zazie Lampert, Vera, and Charlie