Kinfolk Toronto Dinner

July 19th, 2012

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Last Saturday we had many guests up to our cottage for the Kinfolk Toronto Dinner. This particular Kinfolk dinner was extra special because it involved an entire day of eating, chatting, preparing, swimming and relaxing. We started with coffee from La Merceria and delicious pastries from Stoney Lake Baking Co.,which provided a perfect opportunity to catch up with the Toronto crew and get to know the out of towners.

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Post breakfast Emily and Melinda got to work in the kitchen. Baking cookies and mixing strawberry parfait for our dessert later, I give them full props for enduring the heat!

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After a swim in Georgian Bay and in true cottage style (ie. super late in the day), we were on to lunch. I didn’t think it was possible to eat any more (I’d put away quite a lot of baked goodies and coffee earlier on and the heat and Bellwoods Brewery beer was making us all dopey) but we all managed to finish off most of the food.

Kinfolk Dinner - Toronto

Kinfolk Dinner - Toronto

Post lunch it was time for another swim and then on to dinner prep. Nikaela and Thom prepare a delicious salad.

Kinfolk Dinner - Toronto

Kinfolk Dinner - Toronto

Kinfolk Dinner - Toronto

Kinfolk Dinner - Toronto

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Baby party! Elodie and Eloise happily hung out on a quilt made by Sarra, and pillows printed with illustrations by Melinda Josie.

Kinfolk Dinner - Toronto

As the sun set, we sat down to our communal dinner.

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Thank you to iittala, who provided us with our glassware. The Lempi glasses will be available at Mjölk in the fall. It’s been such a pleasure using them, they have become our number one go to all purpose glass (and they stack!!!).

Kinfolk Dinner - Toronto

Kinfolk Dinner - Toronto

Kinfolk Dinner - Toronto

Nikole Herriott‘s fresh Georgian Bay fish dish.

Kinfolk Dinner - Toronto

Kinfolk Dinner - Toronto

Kinfolk Dinner - Toronto

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Here are the aforementioned ice cream sandwiches. Mosquitos, a large clean up, crazy heat and a 1.5 hour drive back to the city meant that these sandwiches were sadly gobbled down too quickly. But they were delicious!

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Photo by Sarah Britton.

We truly had a wonderful day!

From L to R: see Anabela & Geoff’s post here/ see Celine’s post here (with Jin – Eloise is sleeping)/ see Emily’s post here and here (with Dan)/ Nikole & Michael / John, Juli & Elodie/ see Melinda’s post here (with Chris)/  Erin Hall/ Julie Pointer/ Sarra & Todd/ see Nikaela’s post here (with Thom)/ see Sarah’s post here

Thank you to Julie for organizing, to everyone for contributing and to the following sponsors:

Mjölk / iittala
West Elm
Herriott Grace
Silverplate Press
Type A Press
Stoney Lake Baking Co.
Steven Alan
La Merceria
Whole Foods
Kipos
Domestic Curator
HoiBo Studio
Coriander Girl
Melinda Josie
Bellwoods Brewery
YourTime Boutique
Fresh City Farms
Soma Chocolate

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