The series is part of the project of the same name, designed as a laboratory of reflection and experimentation, where cooking is not merely a daily gesture, but a poetic and political tool to read the world and imagine new futures. Recipes become living archives, the stories of coastal communities turn into sensitive maps, and artistic practices intertwine with culinary gestures to present the Mediterranean as a shared territory—fragile, yet fertile with possibilities.

The first issue of the series, published in September 2025, lays the groundwork for this vision, drawing from Farges’ artistic practice, which connects art and cooking through processes such as fermentation, the gathering of marine organisms, and collective cooking. Around these experiences, other voices and collectives have joined, making cooking a space of research and resistance, outlining a shared horizon in which cooking becomes both an ecological and political act.

From here begins a journey that, in the upcoming issues, will take us along coasts and archipelagos, across lands and tables. The second issue will focus on the sea: an immersion into gestures such as observing, fishing, cooking, and sharing within island communities. Belle-Île (France), Chiloé (Chile), and Palermo (Sicily, Italy) become settings of interwoven stories—from the memories of fishermen who have seen the sea empty, to reflections on the fragile balance between tourism and artisanal fishing, to recipes that preserve the memory of marine species and landscapes, such as the recipe for anemone fritters, inviting us to discover species sometimes unknown and recipes long forgotten.

The focus will then shift towards the land, because what we eat shapes the world we inhabit. The third issue will tell of wild plants and ancient knowledge, of seeds collected and preserved to resist drought, of Sicilian tomatoes that become symbols of biodiversity to protect, and of the invisible connections between our daily actions and marine life. It will be an issue that weaves together theory and practice, reflection and concrete action, questioning our right to know where food comes from and what consequences it carries.

The fourth issue will give voice to women—guardians of agricultural and culinary practices, narrators of resilience and care. It will be a chorus moving through farms, kitchens, and communities, carrying recipes, testimonies, and everyday struggles. From the women of Belle-Île to the fisherwomen of the Aeolian Islands, from the experiences of small farms to artistic and intimate voices, a Mediterranean will emerge, told from perspectives often invisible but essential.

The journey will find a new opening in the fifth issue, centered on collectivity around the table. Food will no longer be only nourishment, but a shared ritual, a sensory and political experience capable of creating community. Kitchens in public spaces, tables as sites of art and care, and shared gestures as possibilities of collective regeneration will become the guiding thread of this final chapter which, rather than closing, will invite us to imagine together the steps ahead.

The editorial series Mediterranean Intersection opens a narrative and collective path—an invitation to see the Mediterranean as a living archive of stories and possibilities. In every issue, food reveals itself as a common language: a gesture that unites and transforms, that resists and renews, that teaches us to care for the sea, the land, and the relationships that dwell within us.

The first issue, “Mediterranean Intersections: Reflections on Art, Cuisine and Ecology,” is currently in print and will be presented in Palermo in November during the Between Land and Sea Festival. The digital version is already available in PDF on our website.