Synopses & Reviews
This third volume of
Kinfolk explores how we all might benefit from incorporating more of the things we love into our daily routines instead of saving them for the weekend or our next vacation. The essays and personal stories focus on welcoming food, community, and simplicity into our lives as regularly as possible.
Over 50 well-known artists collaborate to showcase people creating these routines: a design firm finding ways to eat together at the office, a married couple trying to eat breakfast together every morning, and a young family the unintentionally created their own morning ritual of breakfast and freshly pulled espresso. Meals and relationships evolve in tandem: setting a date for lunch, finding our favorite restaurants and local spots, or sharing a meal that ultimately leads to marriage. These meals, moments, and places make us who we are individually and collectively. They leave sweet memories to revisit every time we return to the table.
Table of Contents:
For One
A Quiet Life - Julie Pointer
Savoring Spring - Kathrin Koschitzki
Olivia Te Cuide - Stephanie Corral
The Goodness of Handcrafted Gifts -David Winward
The Cook’s Atelier - Marjorie Taylor
Lunch in France - Olivia Rae James
For Two
Revisiting Our Temples - M.F. Miller
Austin and Desmond - Elise Yetton
Two Week Experiment - Paul and Brittany Jepsen
Max and Me - Katie Stratton
An Unremarkably Casual Thing - Austin Sailsbury
For a Few
Chicken and Egg - Ashley English
Spooning - Leela Ross
On Devotion: A Small Montreal Gather - Natasha Pickowicz
Preparations: A Work of Fiction - Annie Bilancini
Morning Rituals - Christina Rosalie
Jars of Sunshine - Trish Papadakos
Table Deconstruction: A Photo Essay - Leo Patrone and Sarah Winward
Marlow and Sons - Saer Richards
Smith Tower - Kyle Johnson
On the Road / Off the Grid - Lily Stockman
Mama’s Soup - Agatha Khishchenko
Office Hygge - Lynsay Reynolds
California Retreat - Shaunna Nygren
Court Street Grocers - Leigh Patterson
Becoming a Home - Carissa Gallo
The Manly Host - Gentl and Hyers
Featured blogs: 101 Cookbooks
Seven Spoons
Forty Sixth at Grace
The Blue Hour
Jason Hudson
My New Roots
Sample Films: - Bees and the Honey Harvest
- Making Plum Preserves
- Mushroom Foraging
- The Art of a Hand-Written Note
- Cast Iron Artisan Bread-Making at Home
- Entertaining Details
Synopsis
This second volume of Kinfolk explores simple ways to spend time with friends during the fall/winter seasons. Morning walks, using natural candlelight, escaping with friends for a weekend retreat in the mountains or on the coast, or revisiting nostalgic traditions. Over 30 well-known photographers have collaborated with stylists, filmmakers, chefs, bakers, and their own close friends to document these meals as inspiration for others to experiment with new ways of entertaining.
The honest, natural, uncontrived mood of the imagery targets young, trendy individuals within the growing popularity of recreational cooking and domestic entertaining. Articles connect readers with the creative individuals behind restaurant meals, and encourage a simplified way of approaching their own entertaining at home.
Table of Contents:
For One
Embracing Winter
Candle Light
Before Company
Cooking Alone
Entertaining Details
Chef, Baker, Butcher
For Two
Morning Walk
Tea for Two
Winter Social
Our Time: Mother and Son
Revisiting Our Places
Coastal Outing for Two
Dinner Box
For a Few
Why I Cook?
Honey Harvest
New Traditions
Family Gathering
Office Communal Meals
Ocean Overnight
Hygge, The Danish Tradition
The Great Outdoors
Wool Socks
Together Through Recipes
Sunday Roasts
Cabin Retreat
Featured blogs:
101 Cookbooks
Seven Spoons
Forty Sixth at Grace
The Blue Hour
Jason Hudson
My New Roots
Sample Films (link to articles by QR codes):
- Bees and the Honey Harvest
- Making Plum Preserves
- Mushroom Foraging
- The Art of a Hand-Written Note
- Cast Iron Artisan Bread-Making at Home
- Entertaining Details
Synopsis
This third volume of Kinfolk explores how we all might benefit from incorporating more of the things we love into our daily routines instead of saving them for the weekend or our next vacation. The essays and personal stories focus on welcoming food, community, and simplicity into our lives as regularly as possible.
Over 50 well-known artists collaborate to showcase people creating these routines: a design firm finding ways to eat together at the office, a married couple trying to eat breakfast together every morning, and a young family the unintentionally created their own morning ritual of breakfast and freshly pulled espresso. Meals and relationships evolve in tandem: setting a date for lunch, finding our favorite restaurants and local spots, or sharing a meal that ultimately leads to marriage. These meals, moments, and places make us who we are individually and collectively. They leave sweet memories to revisit every time we return to the table.
About the Author
- Targets and successfully reaches an untouched demographic of young, up-and-coming food and entertaining enthusiasts unlike any other book or magazine.
- Strict editorial focus caters to a growing market looking for accessible ideas for recreational cooking and home entertaining.
- Ideas are categorized by the size and type of gathering.
- Features are image-heavy and include rich media (original films linked with QR codes).
- Content is designed to inspire, while leaving room for individual DIY creativity (no rigid how-to guides).
- Full color throughout.
- Styling and imagery target young adults ages 25-35 with an interest in alternative, simple, creative, and DIY entertaining.
- Overall tone is warm, welcoming, achievable, realistic, and personable.
- Kinfolk Magazine will be produced quarterly, ensuring a consistent (and ever-expanding) relationship with this key demographic.
- Online readership statistics:
Over 5.5 million unique page views of the digital version of Kinfolk Magazine, Volume One in the first month after release.
Over 400,000 unique page views per month of online journal.
9% of total readership in New York City, followed by Los Angeles and San Francisco with 5%.