Chef Kitchens: This weekend the Wall Street Journal...

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Monday, March 5, 2012, by Sarah Firshein

This weekend the Wall Street Journal talked to Chicago chef Grant Achatz: "My home kitchen is airy, with a gas stove, a stainless-steel island table in the center and granite countertops. [...] There's also lots of cabinet space, so we're able to have a spice cabinet with pullout drawers, an oil and vinegar cabinet and a starch cabinet." [WSJ]

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Linkage: Minimalist Kitchens; Google Engineer's Lair; Eameses; More!

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Contrasting Kitchens in Black and WhiteInspiration Roundup

While we focus on color this month, two colors not to be forgotten are black and white. Pure white focuses in on the clean and modern lines in kitchens, while black can add some major drama to the rooms.

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Small Kitchens from Around the Web

Living in the city where space comes at a premium you often have to make the most of what you've got, especially in the kitchen where every inch of space matters. From ovens that are too small for a baking sheet to refrigerator doors that can't open all the way, small kitchens always seem to have funny little quirks that make living with them a challenge.

But having a small kitchen doesn't mean you have to sacrifice on style. Here are a few small kitchens from around the web that are sure to inspire you to make your own small kitchen a little more lovely.

1. Heath-Tiled Kitchen from Sunset
2. Waste Not from HGTV (Slide 5)
3. A Truely Tiny Kitchen from House Beautiful (Slide 6)
4. French Fantasy Kitchen from House Beautiful (Slide 13)
5. A Smart Small Space Kitchen from Elle Decor
6. Let in the Light from HGTV (Slide 2)
7. Island Living from HGTV (Slide 8)
8. Mirrors Work Magic from House Beautiful (Slide 14)

Seeing these kitchens makes me want to revaulate everything in my own kitchen and get it pared down to what I really need close at hand. When you have such limited space things can quickly get out of control. Take a look at these small kitchens and be inspired to make the most of your own kitchen.

Images: Sunset, HGTV, House Beautiful, Elle Decor

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Nigella Lawson On Kitchens:: "'Kitchen' is probably one of the...

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Tuesday, February 22, 2011, by Sarah Firshein

"'Kitchen' is probably one of the most evocative words in the English language. Yes, it is a noun denoting a room and its purpose, but more than that, it is a word resonant with symbolism. It conjures up warmth and welcome, safety and security, in short, the very notion of home. The kitchen is an intensely intimate domestic space, and yet it links us to the earth through the foods we bring into it. For me, it is essential to let these foods rule. I don't want them confined to cupboards; I want them on show. A tangle of vine tomatoes on a cake stand is less expensive and more uplifting than any amount of flowers." [WSJ]

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[MRIS Blog] Kitchens Remain A Home’s Center Of Attention, Not Toast

As I expand my market research to the Washington DC and Baltimore housing markets (market reports coming soon) for MRIS, the largest MLS in the US and their research group, RealEstate Business Intelligence (RBI), I am dropping in on their blogs fairly regularly to share my thoughts, ranging from the technical to the whimsical.

Either way, it keeps me out of the kitchen.

In this post I talk about home remodeling forecasts only as an excuse to complain about the lack of improvement in toasters over the past 50 years…

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