Bøker av Nathan Williams

Kinfolk magazinelaunched to great acclaim and instant buzz in 2011is a quarterly journal about understated, unfussy entertaining. The journal has captured the imagination of readers nationwide, with content and an aesthetic that reflect a desire to go back to simpler times; to take a break from our busy lives; to build a community around a shared sensibility; and to foster the endless and energizing magic that results from sharing a meal with good friends. Now there's The Kinfolk Table, a cookbook from the creators of the magazine, with profiles of 45 tastemakers who are cooking and entertaining in a way that is beautiful, uncomplicated, and inexpensive. Each of these home cooksartisans, bloggers, chefs, writers, bakers, craftershas provided one to three of the recipes they most love to share with others, whether they be simple breakfasts for two, one-pot dinners for six, or a perfectly composed sandwich for a solo picnic.

Interest in home design has been on the rise for some time, but Kinfolk's focus on slowing down and creating a more intentional, beautiful home is where the attention is shifting. Through luscious photographs and interviews, the author takes us into 40 homes around the world, from the Americas to Europe, Asia to Africa, ending in Australia.

Inspiring, in-depth profiles of 80 leading creative directors.

There's good news-and there's bad news.First, the good news: Perry Huckworth has just won the 'Self-Published Novel of the Year' award, and with that comes a substantial monetary prize-in the amount of $50,000.The bad news, though, is this: Dorothy Simeon is attempting make him feel guilty and ashamed for it-especially after her son, Daniel Simeon, was publicly slapped in the face by Perry's best friend Trevor Cavenmeyer for asking Perry for some of it right then and there that very evening.This sets off a chain reaction of events that involve allies for both Perry-namely, his neighbours, an older Italian couple named Abello and Maribella Marcielli, Dorothy's ex-husband Maxwell Hensenheiser, and a would-be bodyguard named James Conrad-and the Simeons-specifically, retired couple Agnes and Donald Bayfield, and new neighbour Thomas Carroway.The Shame Reaction is a story that serves as a reminder that you cannot-and should not-make anyone feel guilty about or ashamed of their accomplishments-and neither should you guilt or shame people out of their rewards for their work.