The kitchen is a soulful place, the Mediterranean solution for rediscovering the essentials.
This book is about the pleasure of inhabiting the kitchen and, in doing so, nurturing our own souls and the deepest, most ancient part of our being. Roberta Schira is one of Italy’s most authoritative food critics; in this book, she combines her two great passions: cooking and psychology. Roberta opens the doors to her own kitchen, as well as the many others she has visited for both pleasure and work—ranging from tiny studio-apartment kitchenettes to Michelin-star restaurants.
Drawing on these examples, she explains how to plan, organize, and arrange the objects and tools that fill the heart of the home. From the refrigerator to the pantry, from wall cabinets to the trash bin: through strategies inspired by both psychology and home economics, the author demonstrates that true personal transformation begins with good organization. After all, the kitchen is the most important room in the house in every civilization across the globe. Human beings have never gathered in the evening in front of a wardrobe—but they certainly have gathered around a hearth.
The Danes brought us the concept of hygge; Marie Kondo inspired us to find joy in tidying; but no-one knows the kitchen like the Italians. In this ground-breaking book, Italian writer and food critic Roberta Schira brings fresh thinking to the room that is at the heart of every home: the kitchen.
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