THE KINFOLK TABLE

A dear friend sent me The Kinfolk Table cookbook for my birthday, and it’s absolutely beautiful. I’ve only just picked it up, but can’t wait to read everyone’s stories and try the recipes. It’s part cookbook, part narrative, and features 85 recipes from creatives around the world. I’m hoping my 2014 is filled with dinners and gatherings like the ones in this book.

“those evenings spent with friends when the hours pass effortlessly, conversation flows naturally,
cooking is participatory,and the evening ends with a satisfying sense of accomplishment.”

“Entertaining looks different for each of us, but as long as we’re cooking and inviting people into our homes
with a genuine interest in connecting, conversing and eating together,
then the way we do these things will ultimately come naturally.”

 “entertaining has many more shapes and forms than what that term often brings to mind. It can be the most elaborate and boisterous thing in the world, and it can also be quiet, personal, and low key, a meditative ritual we enjoy on our own. It can be planned, structured, and executed wonderfully, but it can also be last-minute, spontaneous, a team effort, and wonderfully imperfect.”

so gooooooood.