I treasure my mother's cookbook! She was self taught, like so many women of her generation and became a really fine cook. Her notes alongside her clippings are very funny and often critical.
'Small is beautiful ' in a kitchen if somehow you're not cut off from company. In my case, no-one's under my feet and the big hole above keeps me involved with what's going on with friends and family.
What an unusual kitchen set up and guests can watch from above! I like the idea of everything being in reach. Julia, you have lived such an interesting life! Thanks for sharing your story.
Thank you! I should have said in the interview: the kitchen was really cheap. Everything from IKEA. They have a really good understanding of storage will all manner of shelving and crate options.
Interesting! I totally agree about the smaller, galley style for efficiency. We had a cavernous kitchen in our last home (after 12 zipcodes...I have opinions...), the footprint looked nice? But it led to wasted steps, and the placement of somethings just didn't make sense. For example, the dishwasher wasn't near a drawer that could hold cutlery.
I'm so pleased you get the point of the hole. I always welcome friends offering help in clearing up. But the person who penetrates the kitchen of any size before the meal to offer help generally slows things down and can even throw the carefully orchestrated meal into the weeds. There is a formally established triangle - that oven then worktop over a run of drawers and dishwasher under, then sink that works whatever the size of kitchen. When I had to do a lot of entertaining, what I really envied was a friend in a similar position who had TWO dishwashers! One just acted, after a cycle, as a storage unit. Brilliant! (She also had an area of work surface which was lower than her units: she could knead bread and pastry without stressing shoulders.
Agree about help prior to meal. I have a full size speed rack in my kitchen. Going vertical helps with the smaller space - storage and place for sheet trays to cool.
I'm really pleased! Thank you. After three different Washington DC kitchens that were each large enough for every creature in Noah's Ark to dance around, this one is the easiest one to cook in.
lol - yah that'd be jostling about i'd expect. I'm in Canada on the west coast & should be sleeping we're about 8hrs behind you folks ..neat kitchen you have too
Hey Julia, How are you doing? What have you been whipping up for eats in your lovely kitchen lately?
I tied out an Insta recipe for crispy deep-fried Vietnamese rice paper rolls. They fried up soggy. Bug disappointment.
Love this stories and the notes of the cookbook, that's a dream!
I treasure my mother's cookbook! She was self taught, like so many women of her generation and became a really fine cook. Her notes alongside her clippings are very funny and often critical.
Fabulous post and adorable kitchen! Love it.
I'm really pleased! Thank you!
Thank you for sharing your story. This gives me a whole new perspective on the well designed kitchen.
'Small is beautiful ' in a kitchen if somehow you're not cut off from company. In my case, no-one's under my feet and the big hole above keeps me involved with what's going on with friends and family.
What an unusual kitchen set up and guests can watch from above! I like the idea of everything being in reach. Julia, you have lived such an interesting life! Thanks for sharing your story.
Thank you! I should have said in the interview: the kitchen was really cheap. Everything from IKEA. They have a really good understanding of storage will all manner of shelving and crate options.
Good sink -- that a girl or boy... !!! Like, who gives a frk-a-doodle right?
Interesting! I totally agree about the smaller, galley style for efficiency. We had a cavernous kitchen in our last home (after 12 zipcodes...I have opinions...), the footprint looked nice? But it led to wasted steps, and the placement of somethings just didn't make sense. For example, the dishwasher wasn't near a drawer that could hold cutlery.
I LOVE the 'hole in the wall'!
I'm so pleased you get the point of the hole. I always welcome friends offering help in clearing up. But the person who penetrates the kitchen of any size before the meal to offer help generally slows things down and can even throw the carefully orchestrated meal into the weeds. There is a formally established triangle - that oven then worktop over a run of drawers and dishwasher under, then sink that works whatever the size of kitchen. When I had to do a lot of entertaining, what I really envied was a friend in a similar position who had TWO dishwashers! One just acted, after a cycle, as a storage unit. Brilliant! (She also had an area of work surface which was lower than her units: she could knead bread and pastry without stressing shoulders.
Agree about help prior to meal. I have a full size speed rack in my kitchen. Going vertical helps with the smaller space - storage and place for sheet trays to cool.
Love this post! That kitchen!
I'm tickled pink you approve!
I'm really pleased! Thank you. After three different Washington DC kitchens that were each large enough for every creature in Noah's Ark to dance around, this one is the easiest one to cook in.
“large enough for every creature in Noah’s Ark” 😆 Galley kitchens are great!
I'm a convert to galleys. After all, restaurant chefs work in minute spaces.
Loved this. I'm very envious of your theatrical kitchen Julia!
Thank you. I enjoy cooking in it a lot - not just pots and pans to look at, friends have given me things to stick on the walls. I'm very lucky.
Really enjoyed this! And am dying with envy over that deep sink!
So pleased! And that sink has hidden a multitude of dirty pans from view.
lol - yah that'd be jostling about i'd expect. I'm in Canada on the west coast & should be sleeping we're about 8hrs behind you folks ..neat kitchen you have too
Not always neat - the sink hides a lot.
I'd really like some of those cookies with that bottle of wine i spotted
It's a really simple recipe. (Sorry about the wobble replies: don't try typing on the way to work on the London Underground!)
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Very interesting, and informative 👍
Thank you! I feel very lucky Lynn Hill wanted to ask the questions.