Writer
Lisbon
Inês Carvalho
Inês writes about markets, migration and the economics of what we eat. She has edited Octavo’s reportage section since the first issue and still buys her fish from the same stall in Campo de Ourique.
In the magazine
Reportage
№ 08
The last salt rakers of Castro Marim
Fourteen families still rake flor de sal by hand on the Algarve’s eastern edge. We spent a summer with the youngest of them.
Words by Inês Carvalho
Field Notes
№ 08
Field notes: a morning in Tavira
Four hours, one notebook and a market that closes at noon.
Words by Inês Carvalho
Essays
№ 07
Three weeks of cherries
In Fundão the whole town works the harvest, then eats nothing but cherries for a month.
Words by Inês Carvalho
Octavo
A quarterly of food & culture
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