We know that it’s easy to blame the kitchen if the dish doesn’t turn out right, or even as an excuse for not cooking in the first place. Well, John is a chef at 4-star restaurants and doesn’t seem to have a problem creating wonderfully edible things anywhere!
Stan is a trained chef, working as a personal chef at the moment, so it was with great pleasure that I witnessed the creation of a frittata in his tiny, compact, New York City kitchen.
The owner of this atelier-ish apartment wanted a kitchen that was top-of-the-line, latest technology, fully functional… but that was as unobtrusive as possible. The architects originally proposed a small island with additional storage space but their design was rejected.
Derek lives in a spacious brownstone with his wife and two children. The kitchen screams out ‘activity center’ and beckons one forth! A gathering place, a showcase, a place to experiment, a place to cook, and a place to eat, it is the hub of the home.
Sean and Daphne have lived in their apartment for over sixteen years. It’s a huge loft space in what was, over a century ago, an armory. The kitchen and much of the rest of the loft apartment were renovated a decade ago and are as sexy as ever!
While doing a kitchen tour of Blake’s well-utilized kitchen, I was treated to an early cocktail. Blake chose to name the drink Mt. Prospect but if there is already a name for this particularly excellent combination of ingredients… advanced apologies.
Blake is a passionate force in the kitchen whether its been renovated or not. His wife Rachel is partial to a more aesthetically pleasing and functional cooking environment. So, after five years in their spacious Brooklyn apartment, they took the leap.
Lauren is a young illustrator and designer who, after graduating and doing the NYC roommate thing, decided to stake her own ground. Here is her first kitchen and a great one at that.
Jason and John have an incredibly loud and over-the-top home in terms of color but decided to tone things down a bit when it came to the kitchen.
Last night, Dr. Marion Nestle, Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at NYU, held court at New York’s Academy of Sciences. There were over 300 eager pairs of eyes and ears following her every word.As bad as things may seem right now in terms of processed foods being marketed as healthy foods, Marion Nestle remains positive.
This is my kitchen. Small but fully stocked and capable of producing dinner for fifty at the drop of a hat. Originally a 1980’s galley kitchen with yellow wallpaper, laminate cabinets and linoleum, it is now more open, more functional, and, I think, more lovely to behold.
Stephen runs a company he founded call Protein Bakery and teaches a lot of fitness classes so it should come as no surprise that health is a top priority in his kitchen as well.
Rachel and Gretchen moved in, gutted the second floor of their apartment and rebuilt it from scratch. They made the kitchen the main attraction, dead center of the apartment’s open plan.
Isabella and her husband Jay more than doubled their living situation and more than tripled their kitchen situation when they migrated to the tippy top of Manhattan.
Walk through the swing door entrance to Michelle’s kitchen and be prepared to swoon. Not only does the space have all the requisites for a great cooking situation, but Michelle actually loves to cook!
Teresa runs a tight ship. Having grown up in the Phillipines, Teresa was dutifully trained in domestic skills. As much as she might begrudge her traditional upbringing, she certainly knows her flour sifting from her egg white stiffening.
Kittie lives in a 170 square foot studio, so you can imagine how small her kitchen must be. The original Pullman kitchen dated from the 1920’s and was like a narrow closet behind french doors.
Veronique and Thierry are French expats living in SoHo, Manhattan. Rather than following the ‘when in Rome’ protocol, they choose to cook and cook often in their relatively spacious, DIY kitchen.
These two kitchens aren’t in use at the moment, but a lot of designers and artists worked together to make them happen. A Brooklyn developer invited Pratt School of Design’s students and professors, past and present to contribute to a couple of model apartments in their latest project, Third + Bond.
As a journalist who has focused on Afghanistan for over 15 years, Ann does a lot of traveling. She also loves to entertain and spend time in her home. Her kitchen, like the rest of her home, is very personal and improvisational.
