There’s no need to head to a far-flung beach or a cabin in the woods to disconnect: You just need to look up.
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A look inside Kinfolk Issue Sixteen: The Essentials Issue, which will explore what we all consider the basic building blocks in life to be.
Furniture designers Stine Gam and Enrico Fratesi split their time between Denmark and Italy. We tag along to document a typical day.
This pastel-colored frozen dessert is made with just four simple ingredients, leaving you more time to relax.
Sometimes it takes half a continent and an expensive toaster to realize which culinary commodities you hold dear.
An excerpt from Peter Block’s book Community: The Structure of Belonging focusing on how we can become better connected citizens.
Starr Hout, cofounder of Apiece Apart fashion label, talks about her evening rituals and how she’s made her bedroom kid-friendly.
Breaking down the act of communication into its core components allows us to engage with more thought, understanding and consideration.
Laughter is one of life’s simplest joys. This portrait series explores laughter in all its forms and explains the science behind the smile.
We asked some of our favorite chefs and food intensives what they’ve learned about life from years in the kitchen.
An interview with Greg McKeown, the author of Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, a book about work-life challenges that offers insight on how we can do more with less.
But what does it all mean? Many great philosophical minds have tried to pare down their theorems to find the fundamental truths.
This refreshing cocktail will start off your warm summer evening right with a kick of gin, honey, lime and verbena.
Watermelons are a quintessential part of summer. We’ve created a menu that puts a whole melon to use in a number of refreshing ways.
This salad recipe combines watermelon with fresh herbs, ginger and chilies to create a delectable balance of spicy sweetness.
The combination of this summer grilled seafood staple with a warm, fruity vinaigrette will elevate any barbecue.
One of the world’s most respected advocates of the Slow movement explains why we should all say no more often.
The heart of essentialism isn’t about asking how little we can live with, but determining what we simply cannot live without.
Our lives are dictated by unspoken rules that keep society moving smoothly and civilly. Without them, imagine the impolite chaos.
The whole may be greater than the sum of its parts, but photographer Justin Fantl slices and dices common objects to see what he can discern from their core components.
This photo essay pays tribute to olive oil, one of the most essential ingredients in the Mediterranean and beyond.
There’s no need to head to a far-flung beach or a cabin in the woods to disconnect: You just need to look up.
An essay singing the simple praises of bread and butter, along with several tasty recipes for flavored butters.
Chef Michael Anthony puts a citrus-infused spin on a traditional olive oil cake.
We visit the calm Tokyo neighborhood of Yanaka, which manages to slow the pace of city living while honoring old-world traditions and welcoming modern ideas.
Welcome to Kinfolk Issue Fifteen, the Entrepreneurs Issue.
Hans Ulrich Obrist, critic, art historian and curator at the Serpentine Galleries in London, tells us how he assembles the objects next to his bed.
Whether you work in an office, run a café or have your own store, paying attention to the five senses can help your visitors feel at home.
In this excerpt from Carl Honoré’s book In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed, he writes about the benefits of flexible hours and the importance of downtime.
Learning to control the way our limbs convey meaning gives us greater control of our messages. What language is your body speaking?
We speak with one of the world’s most respected advocates of the Slow movement—about the way we live, work, eat and communicate.
Whether you’re planning the week’s agenda or loafing on the couch, this evening can be used to embrace the calm before the weekdays’ storm.
Our career paths can be filled with plenty of unexpected detours, speed bumps and potholes, and it’s not always easy to decide which route to take. Sometimes it’s best to enjoy the road you’re on as you confidently stride into uncharted territory.
Embracing our limitations and narrowing our focus is often exactly what’s needed to free our minds.
Designed with budding entrepreneurs in mind, our coffee-inspired recipes will give you ideas for other ways to fulfill your daily caffeine consumption.
Designed with budding entrepreneurs in mind, our three-part coffee menu will leave you wide awake and satisfied.
Designed with budding entrepreneurs in mind, our three-part coffee menu will leave you wide awake and satisfied.
Designed with budding entrepreneurs in mind, our three-part coffee menu will leave you wide awake and satisfied.
The world is full of pseudoscience, bad advice and new age self-help jargon. Thankfully the School of Life has refreshed the idea of emotional education.
Alain de Botton is a one-man media empire, best-selling author and a thinker who helps us solve problems using history and culture as a guide.
For this issue’s Neighborhood profile, we travel to the picturesque city center of Bergen, Norway.
This tasty dish can be prepared the night before and will provide all the carbohydrates and protein you need to make it through the rest of your workday.
These comforting potato pancakes have traditionally been served during Hanukkah, though latkes have come to represent celebration in all its forms.
We follow film directors Andrew and Carissa Gallo as they head out into Oregon’s rich landscape to work on a new film project.
Some people complain of life weighing heavily on their shoulders, but for others it’s work that provides that pressure.
Sometimes perfection doesn’t need improvement. Invented more than a century ago, the paper clip is a bastion for simplicity in design.
Why do we always seem to crave a stiff drink while doing the laundry? Some cunning stores are combining two business ideas into one with great success.
It’s not just the work you do inside the office that counts: Sometimes what goes on after hours makes all the difference to productivity and morale in the workplace.
We speak to the fourth generation running the 101-year-old “appetizing” shop Russ & Daughters on the Lower East Side.
We asked a number of enviable business minds how they define the nature of entrepreneurship.
Sometimes opening our eyes to knowledge’s blind spots can reveal fresh solutions to old problems and give us an appreciation for the unknown.
In our special section on Community Entrepreneurs, we focus on organizations and individuals who build and strengthen communities while making excellent goods and services.
Helen Rice is living the entrepreneurial dream. Her company Fuzzco is going swimmingly—and she still has time for pottery, running and plenty of coffee.
Doodlers, rejoice! Scrawling stick figures and pyramids in afternoon meetings may actually make us concentrate more on the tasks at hand, not less.
In our special section on Community Entrepreneurs, we focus on organizations and individuals who build and strengthen communities while making excellent goods and services.
In our special section on Community Entrepreneurs, we focus on organizations and individuals who build and strengthen communities while making excellent goods and services
In our special section on Community Entrepreneurs, we focus on organizations and individuals who build and strengthen communities while making excellent goods and services.
In our special section on Community Entrepreneurs, we focus on organizations and people who build and strengthen communities.
In our special section on Community Entrepreneurs, we focus on organizations and individuals who build and strengthen communities while making excellent goods and services.
In our special section on Community Entrepreneurs, we focus on companies and individuals who build and strengthen communities.
In our special section on Community Entrepreneurs, we focus on organizations and individuals who build and strengthen communities.
Welcome to Kinfolk Issue Fourteen: The Winter Issue.
This series takes us on a journey to three homes where light is key: For this home tour, we look inside a festive house in a cobblestoned corner of Copenhagen.
Using the art of shadow puppetry, we explore ancient beliefs some communities had about the northern lights.
An essay featuring quotes from a neuroscientist and an artist demonstrating the ways that the sun’s radiant power could provide phenomenal benefits to our well-being.
Nothing revitalizes tired bodies and minds more than a morning spent bathing in healing mineral water. Whether you choose to soak in a natural hot spring or sauna, the looming steam rejuvenates more than your skin.
Chocolate dominoes, shortbread Jenga and Turkish delight checkers—who says playing with your food shouldn’t be creative?
With the rain beating against our windowpanes, venturing inside for some physical recreation may be safer than slipping on the sidewalk, even if it involves swords.
No need to be bored by leftovers—this variation on the turkey sandwich will make you anxious for your lunch hour to arrive.
We asked two culinary connoisseurs to tell us about some unusual flavor combinations that have won them over.
The Neapolitan custom of caffè sospeso brings a community-minded meaning to “two cups a day.”
When the temperature drops, our bodies change: the way we hold them, the way we dress them and the way we move in them.
When the crisper months drift in, we are drawn to the home’s culinary heart. The oven provides us with a special kind of warmth and a constant flow of sweet and savory comfort.
Making the most of morning’s predawn hours can be the best way to start the day, whether it’s for reading, ruminating or romanticizing.
Enduring peak-hour train schedules, frosty winds and claustrophobic buses can be made all the more bearable with a good coat, a decent book and a patient traveling companion.
This recipe is from Mikkel Karstad’s cookbook, Spis (meaning “eat” in Danish). This fish dish can be served with potatoes, a basic salad, cooked greens or just good bread.
An interview with the Copenhagen chef, cookbook author, daily swimmer and father of four Mikkel Karstad.
No one thinks about the way light affects us in spaces more than those who work with it. Meet three lighting designers who think in fresh ways and create products we covet.
This community in South East London has seen some pretty dramatic changes. We enlisted a local to tell us about the neighborhood’s history and to point us in the direction of a good coffee.
Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson knows a thing or two about light: He shone a giant sun in the center of London and has helped provide solar lamps to thousands of people.
Humans may not be able to hibernate in the way some animals do, but we can find moments of brief respite from the season’s chill.
This is part of a series of cookie recipes we created for the Winter Issue.
This is part of a series of cookie recipes we created for the Winter Issue.
This is part of a series of cookie recipes we created for the Winter Issue.
An essay extolling the virtues of team baking, along with three delectable recipes to get you started.
The foundations for a winter wardrobe begin with cool neutrals, but adding bursts of color can enliven even the coldest of days.
The editor in chief of Milk Decoration magazine in Paris discusses what she likes to have at hand while slumbering.
We are happy to share photos from our Messy Meal dinners that took place around the world in October
When the right scarf finds the right neck, it can add more to its owner’s character than warmth.
Some piney afflictions can be overcome using the powers of a hot glue gun, some tumbleweeds and a bit of motherly ingenuity.
Yukigassen is a professional snowball-fighting match that involves the frosty slaughter between two teams of seven on a field of snow.
A look inside Kinfolk Issue Thirteen: The Imperfect Issue.
To celebrate our cookbook, The Kinfolk Table: Recipes for Small Gatherings, which has been out for a year, we are sharing a recipe for Four Corners Lentil Stew with Sesame Rice by Sarah Britton.
Thanks to everyone who came out to our weekend retreat at Camp Wandawega. Here are a few photographs of the event.
We are happy to share part two of our photo gallery from our Messy Meal dinners that took place around the world in October.
A recipe for Bananas Foster from the menu called Playing with Fire: The Burned Food Menu, created for the Imperfect Issue.
Ever felt like something just doesn’t belong? The world can occasionally make us feel out of place in our own lives, but sometimes being the odd one out brings more joy than you may think.
We don’t scrutinize nature and remark on its flaws, so why not extend that sense of wonder and awe to our fellow humans? Paired with a collection of San Francisco’s oddly shaped shrubs, this essay encourages us to accept the blemishes in the world around us.
When it comes to clothing, relationships and most other things in life, chasing perfection is pointless. It’s how you flaunt your flaws that matters.
Try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless and above all have fun.” These words started a culinary coup—for the first time we were encouraged to make a mess as well as dinner.
A visit to this quiet gem on Sutter Street transcends the mechanical interaction of ordering and paying for a drink from across a counter.
We interview Louise Friestedt, who runs the cozy home design shop Fabriken with her husband, Johan Larsson.
We got to talk with Erik Heywood of Book/Shop about bending boundaries in the realm of book selling.
An interview with Walter Manning, co-owner of Old Faithful Shop, a modern take on the old general store in Vancouver’s Gastown area.
We interview chef-owners Jeff McInnis and Janine Booth about Root & Bone, a Southern neighborhood restaurant that focuses on timeless country comfort food.
An interview with Janaki Larsen, who runs this lovely shop and café in the Riley Park neighborhood of Vancouver, BC.
We chat with Kenn Husted, owner of Paté Paté, which is famous for Spanish- and French-inspired cuisine and—you guessed it—pâté.
An interview with Dai Hughes, who owns Astro Coffee with his wife, Jess Hughes.
We speak with with James Seaton, one of the founders of Toast, about the company’s growth, the latest collection, what inspires him and the recently renovated Chelsea location.
We talked to Stacy Jackson, the owner of Meadowsweet Mercantile, purveyors of antique and foraged goods and furnishings.
A chat with Rasmus Damsbo, who runs the popular café Kompa’ 9 and Kaf’ Bar 9 with his business partners Tobias Helweg and Mikkel Bang.
We talk to Klaus Thomsen, a cofounder of one of our favorite coffee shops in the Danish capital.
An interview with the creative director and manager of Art in the Age, a shop and gallery that also makes its own organic spirits.
We interview Ben and Max Goldberg, the innovative brothers behind the charming southern comfort food bar/bowling alley Pinewood Social.
Located on Upper Street in Islington, Folklore is a home and lifestyle store that fully embraces the idea of “better living through design.”
We talked to George Vlagos about his shop Independence, its down-to-earth Midwestern ethos and his beloved regular customers.
We chat with London luminaries Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver about the St. John restaurants they started together.
We check in with Carrie and Matt Eddmenson, the couple behind the popular denim brand and clothing store in a former gas station in the 12South neighborhood.
We chat with Joanna Alm, the sweet and hospitable co-owner of Drop Coffee, about Swedish coffee culture and life in Stockholm.
A chat with Fanny Panella, who runs the restaurant Chez Nous and the wine and cheese bar Bin 152 with her husband, Patrick.
