/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Or light and airy? (that chandelier is hideous tho)

>>5552661
>board sweeties

2/10, you made me post

>>5552661
Hello Op sweetie, my dream kitchen is a modern edo period Japanese kind of look. I think pic related looks cute. I love this board i want to make friends. =0

Some kind of really long kitchen. Taking up an entire side of my house basically.

1 side would be almost entirely for baking, breads, cakes, etc. 1 side would be filled to the brim with regular cooking stuff plus ovens and stoves etc; maybe even a smoking cabinet or roast spit; then have some kind of really nice island in the middle of the room to do all kinds of stuff on.

It'll never happen though, not unless I win the lottery in NJ

Or more elegant?

>>5552661

>>5552668
Poster sweetie, I'd love to have a smokehouse, but separate from the main house in a sort of root cellarish storage place, or is such a thing not needed? tell me more about smoking cabinets

>>5552676

>>5552680
That looks cute sweetie. I love the fish grate thing.

>>5552680

I like this and would love it for entertaining but I would need a lot more light

>>5552684

>>5552684
Fake drawers are disgusting namesweetie

>>5552687

It's full of other people making whatever the hell I ask for.

>>5552682
Poster sweetie have you called hoarders? Oh wait they canceled I think oh bummer

Has poster sweetie named his rodent friends?

>>5552690

>>5552690
Poster sweetie I love those cabinets very much!

>>5552694

Poster sweeties what is your opinion on marble counters? I heard that you must treat your glass and porcelain carefully or they will shatter! I love how it looks, but it is too trendy for me right now

>>5552700

>>5552691
Poster sweetie that is an excellent idea

What would you choose as family meals?

professional kitchen culture is fascinating

>>5552705

>>5552708

>>5552711

>>5552717

WTF IS HAPPENING?

I really love this one

I don't need a kitchen, I'm a vegan.

>>5552719

Andddd this

>>5552726

>>5552720
Do you have a favorite kitchen poster sweetie?

>>5552703
Ooooh...I love that haint blue ceiling!

(In the south it's common to paint the underside of your porch roof light blue. It confuses ghosts, or 'haints'. Different regions used different colors. In Louisiana a turquoise shade is seen, in the carolinas a more navy color is popular, and in Kentucky they prefer cornflower shades)

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>>5552724
According to all the vegan blogs in existence, yes you do, poster sweetie

>>5552732

>>5552731
That's really interesting, actually

>>5552736
gotta have an outside grill

>>5552739
and a kitchen steak

>>5552733
I'm not a vegan blog though honey bunny :)

>>5552741
A kitchen friend!

>>5552741
*snake*

I love DARK kitchens but tons of light

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>>5552747
You are so clever /single clap

Another incredible kitchen oh my heart

>>5552759
i was correcting a typo in the previous post dumb fuck

I love this ceiling but nothing else

>>5552764
I was being kind and ignoring your typo and though you were just continuing with a shape theme forgive me sweetie T^T

I would love the U-shape to work in my current kitchen is a galley and I don't like et

Mmmm a more lived in kitchen

This would be my dream oven. I love how brass and copper look in kitchens.

This is like the Sims 3 threw up on it

>>5552787
Ooo I like it! Let me find some brass and copper kitchens for you! Hold on coming right up, I won't post things that are uber-femme for you

>>5552787
Here is Vincent Price and his wife in their kitchen

>>5552787
I love how clean and modern this is, very classy but very simple

>>5552787
I also love how this looks and how it contrasts with the exposed wall (though I am guessing the walls would be horrible to have in a kitchen and not a basement, can't imagine what flakes off)

>>5552787
I wish this wasn't so small, it's stunning

>>5552787
I found a better pic. I am looking at the website and the legs you can get on the oven are beautiful.

>>5552828
Wow, those are really really lovely--that yellow tile is tacky af though

What is that tiny side oven for? Tiny oven things?

>>5552804
I love that kitchen. The combination of black and white tile and copper or brass are my favorite looks.

>>5552661
sweeties..

are we being raided my computer literate grannies?

>>5552844
I could call you darling instead!

>>5552842
Apparently he and his wife published a cookbook

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/food/2008/08/ill_have_the_banana_pancake_flamb_stonehenge.html

>>5552850

What's the point of having six, dinged up, brass pots that are all pretty much the same size?

>>5552905
>brass

>>5552905
Rich people are dumb, sweetie

That or perhaps they need all of them at once to cook sacrifices to baphomet-sweetie

>>5552913
Thanks for making your repetitive troll so easy to filter sweetie

>>5552771

The black and red is a misfire there. If they're going to go with that natural wood ceiling, they could probably keep the black countertop, highlights, and fixtures, just so long as they went with a lighter but still warm wood tone for the cabinetry and walls. Also, having a gas stove and no hood vent in a small kitchen where everything is wood is going to be a disaster long-term. That shit is either going to get all cracked and fucked due to dryness, or warped and fucked due to moisture. Whoever put that together needs to be fired.

Id imagine its dark and rustic but not without good lighting at the same time.

Dark in all the right places,

>>5552841
It's just so you can put smaller things in without having to warm the entire oven for something small.

>>5552973
no its for cooking at 2 diff temps

>>5552980
Or for tiny oven things to be fickle with your energy consumption.

I'd like to get a combi oven someday, personally.

>>5553071
you can use it for that but thats not what its for. also the difference in energy consumption is minimal

>>5552950
>Dark in all the right places
That's how I describe myself on eharmony

No one ever replies

>>5553117

>>5553117

I'd like a decently sized kitchen with enough room to move around in and enough space to comfortably prep and cook food, but nothing ridiculous like 20 cupboards filled with cook and dinnerware you only use once a year.

And nothing that'd be a pain in the ass to dust or clean. Non white kitchen would be preferred. Wouldn't mind an island to prep/sit at and having it open/be connected to a living room and dining room space would be great as well. One big space with low dividers where needed. That's my ideal home really.

>>5552661
Oh gods yes. That's it right there. My love for rustic wood & stone arrangements like this is immense. Pic saved with intense desire.

>>5552662
Kill it.
Kill it with fire.

>>5553121
TWISTED.
FUCKING.
PSYCHOPATH.

>>5553187
>TWISTED.
>FUCKING.
>PSYCHOPATH.

>using a lighter designed to provide more safety to the user in certain situations
Hey wait a minute

>>5552661

God yes, in a proper stone house with good wooden floors not covered in shitty carpet. A spacious kitchen with counters on opposing sides and a a little island in the middle, not too big so it gets in the way but just big enough. Next to the oven and the stove the cupboards are doorless so i can see all the good pots and pans my grandma gave me.

At the far end is a big walk in pantry, big enough to also store the fridge and freezer in on one side, with plenty of shelves and drawers. And on one side a glass door open out into a little contained kitchen garden where I grow herbs and some other things.

>>5552700
holy crap I'd have to restock those 2 onions that fit in there every other 2 minutes

>>5552727
>mold on wall
What the hell this is no dream kitchen

>>5552721
>>5552661
a combo of these would be my dream kitchen. I love the open roof with sunlight, so gorgeous.

>>5552703

I like granite counters, is marble similar?

with granite, yeah you have to be a little careful putting delicate things down, and while I've heard that you can chop on them without a cutting board without fear of damaging them, I'd be afraid of blunting my knives. Unfortunately granite is quite expensive. inlay slabs are a bit less, but still not cheap.

This is about as close as I've seen a picture of my dream kitchen.

>>5552661
I can't find a pic of what I'd really like as a kitchen. This was somewhat close, I guess. Basically a professional kitchen at home, including a separate clean up/dishwashing area and a large walk in pantry. Actually this pic is from Martha Stewart's test kitchen/studio, I think.

>>5552661

>>5553336
Kitchen designer here. Marble is not a good choice in a kitchen. It's a soft stone and microporous so scratches easily and can stain. Reconstituted stone and Granite is a lot better but I wouldn't chop directly on any benchtop as you can still cause chipping of even a granite surface.

>>5553491
If you were a good kitchen designer, you'd know that granite is just as prone to staining and is porous, just like marble. Quartz is the way to go, unless you actually enjoy having to constantly reseal your countertops.

While not my dream kitchen, I'm kind of intrigued with the window space and view of this kitchen in a house in Hawaii.

>>5552950

I hate dark kitchens. It makes it much harder to see what you are doing. A nice bright kitchen is what I prefer.

This kitchen from a very expensive house in Scotland looks pretty nice. I like some of the touches on this one.

>>5553666
Looking from left to right went from "nice desu~" to "those are some ugly chairs".

>>5553666
I'm not a fan of where they have the wine rack. It's out in direct sun which is garbage for wine storage. Also not a fan of not having a range hood to vent out smoke and such. I guess it may have a downdraft vent at the back of the stove, but I prefer an overhead vent. Also yes, those chairs are fucking ugly. I don't see a refrigerator either. I assume it's off to the side out of the picture.

Aside from that, it's got a lot of counter space on that center island and looks like plenty of storage space too.

>>5553676
>"those are some ugly chairs".

Those chairs do suck. I think that the house in the picture was newly completed and the realtor put furniture in the house to give prospective buyers ideas.

>>5553666

Here's another picture of the same kitchen from another angle. This picture leaves me wondering why they have so much unused space. It seems like such a waste.

>>5553700

One thing about this kitchen that I'm not fond of is all that overhang that is going to do little but catch dust.

This thread makes me want to kill myself. Congrats OP, I guess. Y'all fags can go back to tumblr now...

None of these really embody my dream kitchen. But yeah, lots of space, an island (no range or sink in/on it though), lots of storage/counter space, Currently, I do a lot of prep work on the kitchen table, then have to wipe down the table and then set it for serving. It's a little annoying to have to do that.

Quartz or granite counter tops are preferable and a nice stainless steel sink for cleaning purposes. Gas burners are desired as well... though it's hard to imagine someone picking electric ones by choice. I feel that very specific features are ultimately novelties like in-built grills or griddles or anything like that.

>>5553661

thats why i said dark in the right places

the cutting/preparing area and the stove top would be in the direction of sunlight

i want that contrast

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>>5553071
>>5553075

Ah ok, thanks guys!

>>5553700
Rich people have lots of space for no reason and it makes things look like they've barely moved in/the entire home is secretly a half-finished dollhouse

Keep this thread alive for a few more months - renovating ours right now.
Navy cabinets, marble counters, weathered brass hardware and faucet, Liebherr food fridge, 160 bottle Eurocave wine fridge, Ann Sacks tiles.
And this chandelier:

>>5553850
Poster sweetie, my dream source for tiles is firedearth.com/tiles

>>5553886
I appreciate it dear, but they're unfortunately not a local company.
Fun tiles though

>poster sweetie
Ok what the fuck

>>5554038
Lol, it was a dyke trying to be cute for the first time in her masculine life.

>>5554049
>>5554038
you guys werent on last night huh?

>>5554055
n..no :(

>>5554049
>btw im a grill

>>5552661
Rome style, imagine a balcony / Kitchen with a ceiling, i'd have Grapes growing around the balcony.

it's good to be comfy.

>>5554056
theres like forty threads full of sweeties and a bunch of OP with sweetie in it.

>tfw torn between loving a nice kitchen and hating the faggots in this thread

i only feel comfortable in places like this

Will save all these pictures for when I can miraculously gather money to build my dream house. Don't let this thread die just yet.

>>5553336
Avoid granite at all costs. It's way too rough and dark. You want your working surfaces to be light coloured and flat as the Dutch countryside. With granite you waste tons of time cleaning the bugger after you're done working or even washing off.

Source: I spent months at this Renaissance villa with granite sinks, cutting boards vegetable washing installations... At first you're all amazed at how gorgeous it looks, then you realize all sorts of crap gets stuck in the granite (most of which you don't notice) & you'll keep washing off for another hour.

>>5552661
>board sweeties
>sweeties

I've always wanted a really nice kitchen on the first floor, and then a specialized bakery in the basement.

Would cost a fuckload but I'd be happy

>>5552661
A mans kitchen.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuJD1-1e-i4

>>5554195

Awesome thank you for that

OP sweetie is back. Time for more kitchens!

>>5554175
Good to know. Thank you poster sweetie.

I will focus on small kitchens

>>5554189
Why in the basement?

hobbitish kitchen

>>5552739

"Dobby help harry grill"

>Wanting to cook in what is essentially a sunroom with an oven

Why would you want to subject yourself to such torture?

YFW in this economy you will never make enough money to have a kitchen like these.

>>5555288
Poster sweetie a little light is cheerful and many people cook in the evening and also during the morning and it also depends on what directions the windows face east would not be so bad!

>>5555303
Poster sweetie, OP sweetie has a galley kitchen and it is tiny and has about three feet of counter space and no outlets but OP has made it very functional! Good space organization and cleanliness are key to kitchen happiness no matter your situation (:

>>5555312
So much window space adds a lot of heat to the room regardless of where the sun is. I know it looks lovely but you will end up regretting it.

>>5555320
I do not think I would want tons and tons and tons of windows but I think a windowless kitchen would make me unhappy! I need a very well light kitchen or I will never want to cook

I hate the subway tile trend but it looks really sleek in black

>>5555385

>>5555335
girl detected

>>5555398
>tfw I'm a bloke and think exactly the same.

more black subway tile

>>5555408
brits are basically women

>>5555392

>psTRIPPEL

I've thought about this. One of the ways I motivate myself to try to keep at trying to make money, is I've designed my dream home and all it would contain. For that reason, this is going to be ridiculously extravagant.

Large oven, pizza oven, magnetic knife wall, slushee machine, cotton candy maker, deep fryer, high quality dishwasher, numerous air-tight containers, blenders and food processors, extra capacity red stainless steal refrigerator with one of those electronic panels that automatically sends my grocery lists to stores. Massive cold-storage deep freezer, stocked full of meats, ice creams, and so on.

Trash compactor, large sink with a stainless steal extendable hose. A small television and dedicated desktop for watching cooking shows and looking up recipes, one of those special heat lamp tables they use to keep cooked food hot. Exquisite liquor cabinet filled with exotic liquids making it look like a wall of potions. Brewing vat for making my own soft drinks.

A large kitchen islane with room for 8 cushy red stools on either side. A length of table set aside specifically for gimmicky infomercial cooking tools. Movie theater popcorn machine.

right now, the one a "galley" sized kitchen before some dipshit (read ME) decided to cook"spanish rice and ground pork and xtra tex mex flavorings. a can of green peas didnot help matters(I am nominal Christian, not a very good one, and not mocking with strict dietary requirements. Judaic, Islam, others, that's you I respect that I jut want my little kitchen back. plenty water in, almost none out and not being disrespectful, but you don't know what you have until you lose it you would think I'd know better.wrong. okay okay lemme aloneTry not to f things as bad as I occasionally do Love you God, or none none oy my bussiness but geologist or creationist, you can't stomp shit down with out it going somewhere. least expected and where you don't want it God help you all. My little kitchen ai't much, tore apart, and the hell of it was (like many things, my own fault. So don't feel like the lone stranger. you got plenty of company.

>>5555688
Is it time to go to sleep sweetie? Like two days ago?

>>5555443
women with smegma and salad cream

>>5555517
You're missing probably the most important thing. Counter space, ie prepping space.

>>5555708
whatever you say, hon

>>5555745
I'm not honey I'm sweetie

>>5555784
>btw i'm a grill

>>5555788
clap clap clap

It would need an Aga cooker

>>5553551
Depends on the granite - some has very fine fractures - invisible but allowing staing. Others granites are much better. Mostly sealing once a year is enough. By comparison, marble is terrible and marks easily. I've had both in my own kitchens. Engineered stone is softer but very hard to stain.

What do you mean by 'quartz' tops because if you are talking about engineered stone, it's crushed quartz with about 7% resin.

Oh and stop trolling; I used to design on average about 4 kitchens a week and my business used to average 2-4 kitchens installed a week. Custom, not fixed size flatpacks.

>>5556128
Had a Rayburn - like a smaller Aga. Wasn't overly happy with it and ended up with a gas cooktop and convection microwave to make life easier.

>>5556164
*sorry, as well as the Rayburn

>>5556160
You are objectively wrong. It doesn't matter how "high quality" the granite is when it comes to staining. It is a porous surface that requires constant maintenance that most homeowners are too lazy to keep up with.

Of course quartz is engineered. It's still a vastly superior surface (more durable, less staining) when it comes to kitchen counters. Stop buying into - or trying to sell to idiots' tastes - with this whole "granite is da best hurr hurr" thing. Just because people think they want it doesn't mean they're right, it means they're fucking stupid and buy into hype vs. researching things themselves.

Now, for the maybe 10% of homeowners you work with who are responsible enough to maintain the granite, sure, feel free. Glad someone respects the material enough to take care of it. God knows I never fucking see it myself.

>>5553187

FWISTED.
TUCKING.
PATHOPSYCH.

Ok more kitchen from OP sweetie

OP sweetie really wants a cover for her oven to use as an extra surface

>>5556164
I think AGA Rangemaster Group owns Royburn

>>5556642
That wood it terrible. I fucking hate wood work surfaces in the kitchen. Bacteria

>>5556658
Butcher block is SUPER trendy as a counter surface right now, poster sweetie, and it skeeves me out

>>5556658
>I fucking hate wood work surfaces in the kitchen. Bacteria

Yeah, but most of us don't want to grow bacteria on our cutting boards. After all, wood inhibits bacterial growth.

If you want to grow bacteria on your work surfaces, I would suggest plastic. I would bet that bacteria would last much better on granite and similar surfaces than they will on wood.

>>5556681
>Butcher block is SUPER trendy as a counter surface right now, poster sweetie, and it skeeves me out

I always use a wooden cutting board for cutting vegetables and meat. If I was going to cut them directly on the counter, I would insist on having a wood counter.

But then, I'm pretty picky about cleanliness and exposure to bacteria.

>>5556959
hi poster sweetie

I have a bamboo cutting board and because it's grass and not wood it is cheap and easy to replace once it starts falling apart

I use it for veg and fruit and it retains smell like crazy even though I wash it post-use every time

I have a really nice plastic cutting board I use for meat etc

I also cut meat directly on porcelain platters and just wash those right away instead

I hate exposed shelving but I like the look of this

>>5552688
I don't think you understand what's going on it that picture big guy.

>>5556965
>hi poster sweetie

You are responding to the wrong post there.

>I have a really nice plastic cutting board I use for meat etc

Plastic doesn't do much to hinder bacterial growth. Wood does. Being that bamboo is more like wood than plastic, I would imagine that bamboo is far safer than plastic.

>>5556969

I like that.

My absolute preference is for doors on the cabinets with glass windows and lights in the cabinets to help you see into the cabinets.

But that is really nice.

These cabinets are nice.

>>5556980
poster muffin how is plastic more porous than wood??

I worry about food-safe wood bowls but never food-safe quality tupperware

please explain to the sweetie

>>5557002
I love how the glass is mottled--looks like a rainy day, very pretty!

I hate sinks like that though; I have one currently and it's a pain and I miss my double stainless steel sinks from my last apartment

porcelain trench sinks are frustrating

>>5556989
poster sweetie do you think the lights inside the cabinets attract dust though?

What would be nice is to have two large walkin pantries. One pantry would be for food items and one pantry for cooking utensils and dinnerware. If just one pantry, use it for both.

You should just need a limited number of cabinets, with windows of course, to be used primarily for things that get used very frequently.

Also, instead of the usual types of shelves in the pantry, I really like metal wiring shelves. And if the metal wiring shelves are on wheels, they would be easy to move out when cleaning.

I love the coziness of this

Perfect for entertaining and cooking at the same time as a buffer to truly socializing

>>5557046
Poster sweetie I grew up with a walk-in pantry and it was a lovely lovely thing

Looking for pantries for you now hold on

I hate natural lighting. It ain't cozy

>>5557013
>how is plastic more porous than wood??

The bacteria that get down into the wood of a cutting board are very unlikely to ever make it back out alive. In contrast, the bacteria that get into a scratch on a plastic board are readily available to infect any food cut on the board.

>>5557056
Alright vampire sweetie

>>5553652
Awesome. I don't like direct sunlight so that is perfect, just light bounces around off the plants for some of the day. Great counterspace. Large island.

>>5557067
Why?

Wood dries more slowly than plastic, so wouldn't wood be a better candidate for bacterial sexual recreation?

>>5553661
You only need light where you are doing something. Not even sure what you mean though, you don't like dark colored wood/appliances or you don't like no lights? Because you can turn lights on, regardless of the colors...

>>5557086
>Wood dries more slowly than plastic, so wouldn't wood be a better candidate for bacterial sexual recreation?

Wood has some pretty good natural defenses against bacteria. I read once that one defense that also applies to dead wood is that the cells have sharp points and edges that can prick holes in bacteria resulting in them losing the contents and dying.

From what I understand, the research clearly shows that bacteria die far quicker on wood than on plastic and those that get under the surface do not reproduce.

A pantry with wire shelves

How about this pantry?

>>5557046
I like this pantry poster sweetie

>>5557133

Try enlarging the photo to the width of your browser and then scroll up and down over photo. It almost feels like you are in the doorway moving your head up and down.

That's a very nice 3d effect.

>>5557046
Good utilization of space

I like the idea of ~alternative~ shelving in pantries like this

>>5557147

That reminds me of the pantry my grandmother had in her house. It wasn't large, but it was very funtional. And it was under the stairs.

Here's one that uses wire shelving like pantry sweetie liked

One other thing about wood vs plastic cutting boards before I run off for a couple of hours, it always seemed to me that wood cutting boards dry out much faster than plastic cutting boards. The faster drying means the faster that any bacteria on the cutting board die.

>>5557123
>>5557123
I can put my plastic cutting boards in the fucking dish washer however I can't do that with wood. If we are talking about what is better if it never gets cleaned than its wood but I fucking clean my shit.

>>5557165
I kill bacteria I don't just hope it dies on its own.

>>5557133
That's a store

>>5557303
you dont have to have a dishwasher to clean things you lazy cunt

>>5557165
youre a faggot

>>5557322
It's not 1900 and I have other things to do. Enjoy not having a dish washer you poor fucking third world living faggot

>>5557327
i have a dishwasher, I also keep a sink of hot soapy water when I cook. Not everything needs to go into a dishwasher. I bet you put your knives in there too

My dream kitchen has enough space for all of my appliances and no cabinets above the counter because it's a pain in the ass when I need something from up there

>>5557303

Dishwashing detergents help remove oils and and bits of foods from tableware. They do not sterilize anything unless your dishwasher has a sanitizing cycle and you use that instead of a regular cycle.

If you don't clean a cutting board, you are going to be harboring bacteria with either wood or plastic. Fortunately, I've only known one person who believed you should never clean a cutting board.

I guess if you have a sanitizing setting and you use that between every use (even in the same meal) you are likely to be okay. If you are cutting raw chicken on it, wash it off in the sink, and then prepare your salad on it, you are much better off with a good wooden cutting board.

>>5557322

I agree. I can't even remember the last time I used mine.

>>5557334
Just because I put what is supposed to go in the washer why would you assume I put things that don't belong.

>>5557344
I do have a dish washer with that setting and I also have cutting boards for vegetable red meat pork and chicken to avoid cross contamination. Have you ever actually worked in a kitchen or taken food safety classes? I think you need to sit this one out sport

>>5557362

I've seen plenty of research reports that found that bacteria persisted more on plastic cutting boards than on wood cutting boards. I have never seen any research report that asserted the opposite.

>>5557343
>kitchen with no cabinets
>leaving everything on your counter
you cant be serious

>>5557362
if you had youd know that you need more than two colors, would know how much more wood is preferred among professionals, and wouldnt be so fucking lazy as to just throw everything in to the dishwasher willy nilly

A quick Google search finds plenty on wooden cutting boards.

From http://faculty.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/faculty/docliver/Research/cuttingboard.htm

>Our safety concern was that bacteria such as Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella, which might contaminate a work surface when raw meat was being prepared, ought not remain on the surface to contaminate other foods that might be eaten without further cooking. We soon found that disease bacteria such as these were not recoverable from wooden surfaces in a short time after they were applied, unless very large numbers were used. New plastic surfaces allowed the bacteria to persist, but were easily cleaned and disinfected. However, wooden boards that had been used and had many knife cuts acted almost the same as new wood, whereas plastic surfaces that were knife-scarred were impossible to clean and disinfect manually, especially when food residues such as chicken fat were present.

...

>Although the bacteria that have disappeared from the wood surfaces are found alive inside the wood for some time after application, they evidently do not multiply, and they gradually die. They can be detected only by splitting or gouging the wood or by forcing water completely through from one surface to the other. If a sharp knife is used to cut into the work surfaces after used plastic or wood has been contaminated with bacteria and cleaned manually, more bacteria are recovered from a used plastic surface than from a used wood surface.

>>5557398
All this is telling me that I should switch to marble or glass

But will that kill my knifes?

Please tell me peer-reviewed-research-finding sweetie

>>5557388
If you had ever worked in a kitchen you would know you don't have time not to use a dish washer.

>>5557378
perhaps poster sweetie likes below-cabinets or pull drawers or islands or other methods of storage, other poster sweetie

why must everything be on the counter

>>5557139
aaaaand now i'm dizzy.

>>5557420

My recollection is that glass is not as bad as plastic in harboring bacteria and is worse than wood. It is certainly harder on knives.

I've never seen anything specific about marble that I can remember.

>>5552724
you need a kitchen more than anyone.

>>5557420
Inexpensive plastic a different one for every type of protein and vegetable and fruit. Replace when they get scared up. Don't buy fancy expensive wood and try to make it last forever.

>>5557445

Mine is a hand-me-down teak that is still in great shape. My guess is that it is about 30 to 35 years old.

>>5557398
Even though wood cutting boards are very hard, they're also porous so they absorb everything and anything you put on them, including bacteria. They require oiling to keep the wood in good condition -- the oil helps somewhat by creating a barrier against moisture. And of course, after using them, wood cutting boards require thorough cleaning, drying, and re-oiling. Even with all the care and upkeep wood cutting boards require, they are the best for your knives, because the wood does not dull the blade. If you prefer wood cutting boards, consider using them for cutting only vegetables, herbs and breads.

>>5557454

You should probably cite your source:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/12/cutting-boards-to-avoid_n_1335613.html

Of course, I can understand why you might not want to cite that source. It doesn't exactly have a reputation for accuracy.

>>5557465
Why? Is 4chan going to expel me for plagiarism?

Honestly I just want a fire pit, some stone grinders, clay pots unglazed, a couscousseiur, some heavy duty quite large mortar and pestles and some really high quality cast iron skillets.

>>5557480
Oh yeah and nice knives, bowls and cutting boards

>>5557474
Poster sweetie, OP sweetie is here to say that HuffPo is condemned as a valid resource or reference, that is what they mean

>>5552673
My dream kitchen right here

>>5557491
A thoughtful reader kindly sent me a fascinating article on cutting boards. Originally published in the Feb. 6, 1993 edition of Science News, the article describes research claiming that wooden cutting boards possess some sort of bacteria-killing properties, thus making them less likely to contaminate food than plastic or acrylic cutting boards. "Pathogens prefer plastic," the article declares.

Nearly twenty years later, however, experts are still recommending nonporous plastic cutting boards, and local health departments continue to prohibit the use of wooden cutting boards in commercial foodservice.

So what happened? A careful reading of the article reveals the disconnect between what the researchers observed and the conclusions they drew from those observations. It's a great example of why it's never a good idea to let someone else do your thinking for you — because scientists make mistakes just like anyone else.

>>5557504
Would you entertain in it poster muffin? or invite lots of family over? I am always curious as to how people want to utilize their space

>>5557510
The claim was based on an experiment in which wooden cutting boards were infected with common food-borne pathogens and then allowed to sit overnight. The next morning, researchers found that "99.9 percent of the bacteria were unrecoverable and presumed dead." Presumed dead? That's quite a leap, especially when, by the researchers' own admission, "We've not recovered the little critters' dead bodies." They did allow for the possibility that, instead of dying, the "little critters" may have simply taken refuge within the nooks and crannies of the porous wood, where they would then be free to breed like — well, like bacteria. And since we know that bacteria can live on a cutting board for up to 60 hours, that wooden cutting board could be hosting an entire colony of pathogens by then. "As best we can tell, that isn't going to happen," one of the scientists said, though he did not specify why he didn't think it would happen.

As for what mechanism or agent might be responsible for wood's alleged antibacterial powers, the researchers admitted that they had no clue. One begins to see why this particular piece of "science" didn't exactly blow the doors off the conventional thinking on food safety.

Finally, though, the kicker: One of the microbiologists responsible for the study shares his recommended technique for cleaning wooden cutting boards: "A good wipe will do fine – and if you forget to wipe the board, you probably won't be too bad off." The entire 1993 article is available here. (My thanks to the reader who sent it to me.)

>>5557510
>Nearly twenty years later

Yes, this is why keeping current and seeing who funds the research in the first place is important

OP sweetie has scientist in her family and works in academia OP sweetie understands valid research

>>5557518
http://culinaryarts.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=culinaryarts&cdn=food&tm=369&f=00&su=p284.13.342.ip_&tt=2&bt=3&bts=9&zu=http%3A//www.rhtubs.com/wood-bacteria.htm

>>5557511
I would cook in it since its a kitchen. I'd also bring you back from the brink of death about 10 times before I finally killed you in it.

>>5557519
>As for what mechanism or agent might be responsible for wood's alleged antibacterial powers, the researchers admitted that they had no clue. One begins to see why this particular piece of "science" didn't exactly blow the doors off the conventional thinking on food safety.

Enjoy gambling your Heath on a fucking myth

>>5557510


http://culinaryarts.about.com/od/cuttingboards/a/cutbrdwoodplas.htm

>>5557535
Thanks I forgot to add that with the other link.

>>5557530
>Enjoy gambling your Heath on a fucking myth

"Conventional thinking" is quite often completely wrong, especially on scientific matters.

>>5557530
>we dont know why dark matter is there
well that must mean its not there at all

>>5557398

Note that THIS was actually written by someone who has done real RESEARCH on the subject, not some hack journalist writing about "conventional thinking".

>>5557529
Hannibal sweetie is Will not around right now?

>>5557551
I bet you think the world is flat and aids is gods punishment for faggots and we never went to the moon

>>5557565

The notion that the world was flat persisted in "conventional thinking" for years after it was well known by the educated that the world was not flat.

>>5557571

Correction. That should have read "The notion that the world was flat persisted in "conventional thinking" for many centuries after it was well known by the educated that the world was not flat.

>>5557574

The Greek Eratosthenes measured the diameter of the Earth about 1700 years before Columbus's voyage.

>>5557574
Quit changing the fucking subject. I have no respect for your floating goal post response.
Plastic is better because it is more user friendly and inexpensive.

>>5555225
More like tusken raiderish

>>5557589

For some reason I thought I had erased "years" and written "centuries" until I reread it after posting.

In any case, your preference is not enough to say which is better.

An environmentalist might claim that wood is better because it is from a renewable resource. A microbiologist might claim that wood is better because it doesn't harbor bacteria as well as plastic.

Personally, I find wood far more user friendly than plastic.

I have a plastic cutting board that someone gave me -- it's sitting on a shelf somewhere after being used briefly and found to be far less useful than wood.

>>5557608
I threw my wood cutting board away. It wasn't worth the space.

>>5557608
Get out of your house stop watching food network stop reading shit on the internet and go work in a real profesional kitchen than tell me how much you like wood cutting boards.

OP sweetie here

Should I begin posting images of cutting boards? Or would you prefer we move back to kitchens?

We've covered pantries, should I look for summer kitchens? I have always wanted a summer kitchen

>>5557608
I as a cook don't have time to wash anything and the Mexican dish washer would tear up anything nice so inexpensive plastic is better. I've seen some warped as fuck wood cutting boards after a dish washer gets their hands on them. Of you don't oil and dry them they go to shit.

>>5557637
Well stocked walk in fridges and freezers. Back at CIA that was the most amazing thing those god damn beautiful walk in.

>>5557637

The CIA (The Culinary Institute of America) kitchen.

>>5557725

>>5557655

Are you suggesting that what is done in a restaurant kitchen is the only proper way to do things in a residential kitchen?

I don't know about most people here, but I don't have a Mexican dish washer at home.

French laundry kitchen

>>555774>>5557749
>I don't have a Mexican dish washer at home
I do and she is currently being rewarded handsomely.

Per se kitchen

>>5557762
Reminder french laundry cooks eat at an after hours mexican joint.

Alinea kitchen

>>5557762

Do you think that she would mind if I brought her over some dishes to do? Then you could reward her twice as handsomely.

>>5557771
I see nothing wrong with this. The best food is food cooked for me and hunger is always the best sauce.

>>5557780
>I see nothing wrong with this
Why would anyone see anything wrong with that?
BTW thanks for missing the point entirely.

This looks a nice, but I'd rather have the drawer space. Also, how do you replace the board short of getting the entire drawer unit replaced? Friend had something similar to this in his home and the hinges went to shit within a few years

>>5552700
What on earth is wrong with a breadbin? This looks horrendously impractical, not to mention difficult to clean.

>>5552705
looks as stupid as it is dangerous

>>5552686
Not a fan of the colourscheme personally, but the space itself looks great for entertaining guests

>>5552727
Love this

>>5553117
lol'd

>>5555219
Spectacular, loved the curved roof. Wonder what the rest of the house looks like

>>5555330
oilstained books & trinkets/10


Pic is somewhat similar to what I'd go for. I don't need a huge amount of space, dont enjoy appliance clutter and don't like leaving things out. Appliances other than toasters and kettles should be stored when not in use IMO

>>5557790
So quit making cryptic statements so people know what you are trying to say.

>>5557454
broscience/10

I bet you think cast iron needs re seasoning after every use too. Fuck off and die faggot

>>5557510
>>5557530
>>5557518

I believe it has something to do with lignin, though I'm not 100% on this

>>5557378
Obviously I would employ smart open shelving, hanging kitchen storage, and below counter cabinets with sliding drawer action, doofus.

>>5557801
>So quit making cryptic statements
As if its fine to spoonfeed.
No Thank You.

>>5557803
If some person on the internet isn't 100 percent that I know he's probably wrong.

OP sweetie is back and posting more kitchens!

i like something easy to clean

>>5558255
OP sweetie REALLY REALLY LOVES THIS do you have a source??

>>5558260
http://www.tuvie.com/gorenje-futuristic-kitchen-by-ora-ito/

>>5558278
Thank you very much!

>>5558297
unfortunately it is just a dream...makes me want to live on a future spaceship though

Really love everything besides the open shelving

>>5558306
The stove is super neat--I wish there was more info on how it functioned

Excuse my ignorance, but what is the point in having an AGA? What do they do better than an ordinary gas stove with oven?

>>5552661
No dream kitchen for me. As long as I have a gas range, a wok, a pressure cooker, a rice cooker, a big cutting board and a Chinese cleaver I'm set. And a radio. Gotta have a kitchen radio. (pic related)

>>5559237

If you cook a lot, they are always on and ready to cook.

Depending on your configuration, you have several different ovens at different temperatures. So you can cook several different things in the ovens at the same time.

You also have two hobs on top of the main unit, one for simmer and one for boil.

Some models can also act as a water heater for the house or the kitchen.

In cooler climates, they can keep the kitchen at a temperature better for raising bread.

Over the years, there have been Aga cookers that could use a number of different fuel sources such as coal, wood, fuel oil, gas, and electricity.

Easy to use.

someone post hannibal's kitchen

>>5559323
Doesn't really sound practical or good for precision cooking, but Marco Pierre White has one at home, so what do I know.

>>5559500

What do you mean by "precision cooking"?

In the case of an Aga cooker, it should have been set up and maintained by people well trained in the devices. I would think that the temperature settings would be pretty much right on. If you prepare the food specifically for an Aga (i.e. to use the temperature settings found in an Aga), it should work quite well.

One thing that I think would be cool would be recessed kitchen cabinets, counters, stove, ... .

That is, all the kitchen items along the walls would be recessed into the wall.

Here is a kitchen with some cabinets recessed back into the wall.

>>5555212
I don't really want a bakery in the middle of my house, and a basement bakery would be cozy.

>>5559668

I saw some pictures of a house for sale on Sniffen Court in New York City.

The kitchen and the dining room are in the basement with the dining room open to the first floor above.

If you look at the picture, you can see a railing on the other side of which is where it looks down into the dining room. The door is to the right of the house (looking from the front of the house) and there is a walkway along that side of the house so you can walk past the dining room below.

I got to wondering once how great it would be to actually put the kitchen where the dining is so that when you walked in you could see down into the kitchen.

>>5557762
>laundry kitchen

?

>>5559960
The French Laundry's kitchen

>>5559964

And WTF does that mean?

>>5559966
"French Laundry" is the name of a very good, high-end restaurant.

here
http://www.frenchlaundry.com/

>>5559966
OH. MY. GOD.
you are on a board dedicated to the preparation of food, and you don't know The French Laundry.
Do you even eat?

>>5558332
This is great. Tons of working space, storage places, and the vaulted ceiling makes the room look even larger.

>>5559265
I like you poster sweetie!

OP sweetie is back. More kitchens?

>>5560803

The other side of the kitchen.