BELLYACHE
A Piecemeal Magazine
Bellyache is a digital magazine dedicated to promoting quality creative work. Each issue is structured around a central theme and features engaging and thoughtful writing, photography and illustration with a focus on food, art and culture.
EPISODE 0
LEAN TIMES
This episode — our pilot episode — is about tough times. More than just a collection of Covid stories, this episode is about people, from all walks of life, finding creative ways to see things through to the other side.
Inside, you’ll find a story about the powerful connection between food and community and thoughts on the meaning of utopia. You’ll experience a collection of photos that journal the frugal compulsion to use up that can of paint, a fridge-clearing recipe by one of NYC’s most beloved pastry chefs and other stories that offer advice on how to get out of your rut.
This issue is a testament to the resilient nature of creativity and how, sometimes, the restrictions of lean times can offer unexpected clarity. Full of vibrant imagery by a collection of artists and writers from Montreal, Vancouver, New York, LA, Toronto and Hong Kong Episode 0, we hope, is a silver lining to what has been a very crummy year.
What’s Inside
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