{"product_id":"roads-kingdoms-issue-1-2026","title":"Roads \u0026 Kingdoms Issue 1: 2026","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\"\u003e\n\u003carticle data-turn=\"assistant\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-36\" data-turn-id=\"request-691f5320-30a0-832d-82de-70d99622174b-6\" dir=\"auto\" class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-2\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-id=\"da48a3b1-e2e8-4695-a000-eeba88345066\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"548\" data-start=\"211\"\u003e\u003cem data-end=\"229\" data-start=\"211\"\u003eRoads \u0026amp; Kingdoms\u003c\/em\u003e began as a digital publication built on the premise that food offers a way into understanding people, places, and power. Backed early on by Anthony Bourdain, it developed a reputation for long-form reporting grounded in local voices, patient observation, and a belief that hospitality and politics are never far apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"971\" data-start=\"550\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eIssue 1: 2026\u003c\/em\u003e marks the launch of the project in annual print volumes. Edited with an international outlook and a largely American core team, the magazine ranges widely while maintaining a consistent narrative approach, one that favors context over provocation and depth over speed. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1384\" data-start=\"973\"\u003eThe issue opens with a letter from co-founder Matt Goulding addressed directly to Bourdain, setting a reflective tone that carries through the magazine. Across its pages, reporting, essays, fiction, photography, and illustration take us between Gaza, Lagos, Rome, Tokyo, California, and Caracas, among other places. Food is the entry point, but the subjects are just as often migration, labor, tradition, survival, and pleasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1472\" data-start=\"1386\"\u003eLonger pieces anchor the issue, offering sustained engagement rather than quick takes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-end=\"1982\" data-start=\"1474\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1566\" data-start=\"1474\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1566\" data-start=\"1476\"\u003eJosé Andrés on walking the Camino de Santiago and the meanings that accrue along the way\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1639\" data-start=\"1567\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1639\" data-start=\"1569\"\u003eAn excerpt adapted from \u003cem data-end=\"1611\" data-start=\"1593\"\u003eLong Live Pulque\u003c\/em\u003e by Juan Escalona Meléndez\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1704\" data-start=\"1640\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1704\" data-start=\"1642\"\u003eWanda Udobang on stockfish and its place in Nigerian cooking\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1756\" data-start=\"1705\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1756\" data-start=\"1707\"\u003eNathan Thornburgh on hunting and cooking iguana\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1982\" data-start=\"1757\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1982\" data-start=\"1759\"\u003e“The R\u0026amp;K 50,” an unranked global list of restaurants considered second homes by chefs, writers, and eaters, with contributions from Eric Ripert, René Redzepi, Palisa Anderson, Virgilio Martínez, Matty Matheson, and others\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"2237\" data-start=\"1984\"\u003e\u003cem data-end=\"2047\" data-start=\"2029\"\u003eRoads \u0026amp; Kingdoms\u003c\/em\u003e rewards attention with reporting that is generous in scope and serious about the connections between food and the wider world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"\u003ePaperback. 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