The winter issue of Kinfolk revisits one of our guiding principles: good hospitality. Featuring a special section dedicated to the art of hosting, Issue Thirty looks beyond recipe repertoires and honed housekeeping to unearth the secret ingredients of having a good time.

Drilling down into the heart of hospitality, we investigate its five pillars: acceptance, comfort, empathy, entertainment and trust. How has the rise in peer-to-peer services such as Airbnb changed our relationship to having strangers in our home? Does a lack of formality translate into a more comfortable environment, or do subtle rules actually make it easier for people to know how to behave? And, how do you get a guest to leave?

We receive expert advice on hospitality from leading hoteliers, culinary artists, salon hosts and party planners, and meet wunderkind chef Flynn McGarry--host of New Yorker-reviewed dinner parties since the age of thirteen. Elsewhere, we speak to actress Teyonah Parris--star of the forthcoming James Baldwin adaptation If Beale Street Could Talk--explore seasonal subjects such as hunkering down, hometowns and ghost stories, plus much more.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Kinfolk
Published: 12/25/2018
ISBN: 9781941815342
Pages: 192
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 11.50h x 8.90w x 0.60d