This Week - Oct 25, 2013

After thumbing through three-hundred-plus pages, it occurs to me that the Kinfolk cookbook is a variation on a single theme: the creation of a life lived in an Anthropologie catalog. It’s the reason why we get lost in blogs and the lives of strangers. We want to be happy, always. We want a life free of storms and sorrow. We want our linens, and bowls, and kitchens with reclaimed wood — and in this way, Kinfolk succeeds, for its America is rarefied and specific, rife with denizens who are preened to dishabille perfection and apply pretty filters to their photos...While escapism looks lovely on paper, in practice it’s difficult and expensive.

— The Kinfolk Cookbook: Small Gatherings You’ll Likely Never Be Invited To (Felicia C. Sullivan)