Our latest pick of nice publications include a new magazine devoted to booze, the latest zine from illustrator Nigel Peake, plus the new Food Issue of PORT magazine...

Here at CR we're big fans of the editorial design skills of Matt Willey who is the creative director of PORT with Kuchar Swara. So when he described the new Food Issue (shown above) as "the best issue of any magazine I've ever been involved in," naturally, we were eager to check it out.

The issue has been guest edited by Fergus Henderson (founder of the St. John restaurants in London) who appears on the cover, shot by Philip Sinden. Inside there is work by a host of photographers and image makers all pulled together by Willey and his team: "We called in every favour we could," he tells us, "from asking Francesco Franchi to create an info graphic about fish to getting Sara Cwynar from New York Times Magazine to do some hand-painted lettering. One of the highlights," Willey continues, "is a set of photographs of fish by Giles Revell, which I think are just amazing."

Other highlights include Nigella Lawson shot by Jeurgen Teller, Domenic Lippa writing about food packaging and Fernando Gutiérrez writing about a wine label. Without further ado, here's a look inside the issue.

]

port-magazine.com

Illustrator Nigel Peake's latest self published zine contains drawings of various things from bikes to birds and boats and boxes through to rocky outcropss cars, shells and shirts. It also contains various written observations too, from a list of book titles on one shelf to a recollected cricket score and a list of popular phrases. All quite random. But compelling nonetheless:

Things Objects and Fragments (£8) is available to buy from Peake's Big Cartel shop.

Hot Rum Cow is a brand new magazine devoted to the many wondrous joys of booze. "If you're intrigued by the extraordinary evolution of gin or why anybody would want to insert a bottle of strong beer inside a preserved stoat, you will love this magazine," suggests its publisher Fraser Allen in his editorial on the inside front cover. "If you want to hear about bacon-flavoured vodka, prison booze and five-plum wine, or find out why Scotland will be a major wine-producing region by 2080, read on," he continues.

Just as Allen make a good case for perusing the magazine (I must find out more about this bacon-flavoured vodka), so does its design. Here are some spreads:

hotrumcow.co.uk

CR for the iPad
Read in-depth features and analysis plus exclusive iPad-only content in the Creative Review iPad App. Longer, more in-depth features than we run on the blog, portfolios of great, full-screen images and hi-res video. If the blog is about news, comment and debate, the iPad is about inspiration, viewing and reading. As well as providing exclusive, iPad-only content, the app will also update with new content throughout each month. Try a free sample issue here

CR in Print
The June issue of Creative Review features an interview with the editors of new book Pretty Ugly: Visual Rebellion in Graphic Design. Plus a profile on multi-award-winning director Johnny Kelly, a look at the latest techniques in movie marketing, the mission to cross CGI's Uncanny Valley, a review of the Barbican's Bauhaus show, logos by artists and much more. Plus, in Monograph this month, we look behind the scenes at the making of an amazing installation for Guinness, carved from solid wood.

Please note, CR is no longer stocked in WH Smith high street stores (although it can still be found in WH Smith travel branches at stations and airports). If you cannot find a copy of CR in your town, your independent newsagent can order it for you or you can search for your nearest stockist here. Alternatively, email Laura McQueen (laura.mcqueen@centaur.co.uk) or call her on 020 7970 4878 to buy a copy direct from us. Based outside the UK? Simply call +44(0)207 292 3703 to find your nearest stockist. Better yet, subscribe to CR for a year here and save yourself almost 30% on the printed magazine.