London-based Jeremy Leslie, on his blog magCulture.com, named Menu: Cape Town’s 167 best dishes magazine of the week on 28 September 2011. The publication is produced by South African design agency The President, which has offices in Cape Town and Buenos Aires.
Leslie, who has over twenty years’ experience of magazine design, is co-creator of the Colophon independent magazine symposium and a founder of EDO, says, “Typically of The President, the magazine mixes strong typography and photography alongside references to traditional Afrikaans repeat patterning. Paul Ward’s colour photography takes the street-food themes literally with a series of raw still life shots.
“Quirky but unpretentious, it shows what can be done with high-quality content, clear ambition and strong design and editing. It is full of character and like several other recent magazines, shows food can be celebrated without taking a purely commercial/lifestyle direction.”
The magazine was distributed with the September 2011 issue of Woolworths Taste and is available from The President’s shop.
