I understand budgets are not what they used to be, but this article really could have benefited from a nice photograph of what an open kitchen is, instead of the abstract art piece.
The rise of the open kitchen
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#12I was hoping this was going to talk about the increasingly trendy open kitchen concept in homes, or more specifically answer the question: why have kitchens traditionally been separated from dining areas in the first place? Unfortunately, the article is about restaurants.
> why have kitchens traditionally been separated from dining areas in the first place?
You ever fry fish or saute a dish with a lot of garlic? That's why. Sure, powerful vent hoods, but not everyone has that luxury.
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#14I was hoping this was going to talk about the increasingly trendy open kitchen concept in homes, or more specifically answer the question: why have kitchens traditionally been separated from dining areas in the first place? Unfortunately, the article is about restaurants.
why have kitchens traditionally been separated from dining areas in the first place? Not long ago, cooking was often done exclusively by “the help”.
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#15I was hoping this was going to talk about the increasingly trendy open kitchen concept in homes, or more specifically answer the question: why have kitchens traditionally been separated from dining areas in the first place? Unfortunately, the article is about restaurants.
History: greeks and romans traditionally had separated kitchens from homes due yo the use of hearths. Another aspect was fire. Kitchens used wattle chimneys which were super flammable, so it was placed as far away from the main home as possible - also kitchens were a lot noisier.
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#16I was hoping this was going to talk about the increasingly trendy open kitchen concept in homes, or more specifically answer the question: why have kitchens traditionally been separated from dining areas in the first place? Unfortunately, the article is about restaurants.
> why have kitchens traditionally been separated from dining areas
Because my mother would die if guests saw her stack of dirty dishes next to the sink.
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#17I was hoping this was going to talk about the increasingly trendy open kitchen concept in homes, or more specifically answer the question: why have kitchens traditionally been separated from dining areas in the first place? Unfortunately, the article is about restaurants.
This is a wonderful trend. Cooking goes on, mixed with kids homework or peers socializing, and it pulls everyone together.
Another nice trend is street level shops and restaurants mixed with housing above. This fights the "estate for everyone" mcmansion trend that separates people.
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#18As a non-affluent person who lives in a slightly less “modern” city … I could really use some pictures to quickly understand what an open kitchen looks like in this context.
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#19I was hoping this was going to talk about the increasingly trendy open kitchen concept in homes, or more specifically answer the question: why have kitchens traditionally been separated from dining areas in the first place? Unfortunately, the article is about restaurants.
why have kitchens traditionally been separated from dining areas in the first place? Not long ago, cooking was often done exclusively by “the help”.
Counterpoint: kitchens were separate also in countries where the cooking was not commonly done by "the help".
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#20My theory is that open kitchens became popular because books like Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential exposed the elites to the fact that cooks were messing with their food. So they devised this open concept as a Panopticon where cooks are constantly watched to prevent licking, peeing in, or putting other fluids in food.