Spotlight On: Kinfolk Magazine

Kinfolk is a new American e-magazine with a focus on simple entertaining available both online and in limited print runs. If you don't spend a lot of time and energy on the preparation of food, knowing the ingredients, or getting all hot and bothered when you find an amazing new food gadget, Kinfolk just may be the magazine for you. There is a big trend called eating in and it doesn't have to be complicated - it just involves sharing time with those you love. Here are four of my favorite pages from their debut issue.

"Kinfolk is a collaborative effort to encourage a more natural approach to entertaining. It's the marriage of our appreciation for art and our love for spending time with family and friends." This reminds me of my life in Germany where food is all about sharing time with family and friends - at home, in restaurants, in beer gardens, in parks, on the lawn -- people really spend quality time and linger over meals and I love it. It's not uncommon for neighbors to put a table and benches on the sidewalk and eat together in the summer months. In my new culture, there is even a daily cake and coffee hour at 4:00 p.m. and Sunday is still considered the day in which to prepare a big family meal. It's this Gemütlichkeit that I love the most about living in Germany and being at home with friends here.

How do you spend time at home with your family? Do you have a meal schedule? Do you wing it? How often do you entertain? Do you have a day of the week in which you prepare a special meal? Do you do fish on Fridays (my grandmother always did)? Do you cook a large meal on Sunday or another week day?

Tasty!

(images: screenshots from kinfolk mag)