When you say galley kitchen, it refers to a kitchen that is designed to maximize space and efficiency. Customarily, a galley is a kitchen that is found in boats, submarines and aircrafts where space is very limited and efficiency is of outmost importance. Presently, the term still applies but has widen to include modern day kitchens in residences. (more…)
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Background The problem is I am addicted to Cuban bread. Blame that on the fact that I was born, raised and lived in Tampa, FL for 40 years. My grandfather’s house was in old Ybor City on 26th Ave, just down from Tampa’s premier Cuban bread producer, La Segunda Central Bakery and as a product of Latin heritage I was raised on a steady diet of Tampa style Cuban and Spanish food. But a few years back a professional opportunity took me from the Sunshine State to hill country. Now there is some real good chow here and I’ve learned a lot of new things but no Pan Cubano. There are a lot other things I miss, like empanadas, guava pastelitos, stuffed potatoes and a few other favorites. But with the accessibility of key ingredients from online Latin groceries I’ve gotten pretty good at making a lot of these foods right here at home. But Cuban Bread itself has been elusive. The Challenge with Cuban Bread In my opinion the problem with some of the baked goods like Cuban bread is
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Get you minds out of the gutter. lol.In one corner, a dead garbage disposal. In the other, hubby.Weapons permitted: Wrench , Hammer, and Flashlight.The battle begins.Garbage disposal is the most recent kitchen appliance to go haywire in the BagMomma house (following the Microwave death, Refrigerator melt down, and Stove incident in the last month).Hubby turns on the switch. Garbage Disposal hums, then dies. All is silent.Hubby presses the reset button. Garbage disposal is mocking him and only makes a faint humming sound. Take that!!Hubby grabs his weapons from his tool box. Garbage disposal is nervous as hubby gives it the stare down.Hubby uses wrench and hammer to knock sense into flywheel of garbage disposal.Garbage disposal grinds with glee….. “I’m free!”Hubby is victorious.And I am grateful I don’t have to call appliance repair man for the 4th time this month.So goes another evening in the BagMomma house.p.s. for those of you who have been following my kitchen appliance meltdow
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I had lunch in an Amish home on Tuesday. What a privilege that was. I have yet to write about it, (more about the event and what I learned soon) but, one of my major cabinet suppliers, Quality Custom Cabinetry, invited all of their representative kitchen design firms around the country, to celebrate their 40 years of business in this two day event, Monday and Tuesday of this week, in Lancaster Country, PA. For the second day of the event, three types of recreation were offered, at no charge. I ALWAYS rush back to the office, and when I heard that an Amish tour was offered, I decided to slow it down a bit and take advantage of this particular tour. We toured the area, saw the horse drawn buggies, saw the corn being cut by men and horses, and entered this beautiful, different world of farms, one room school houses (many) and lovely people with strong values. I had one of the best lunches in quite awhile, with some of the best food ever. Since the Amish do not have electricity, food is pr
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Everyone loves kitchen accessories, right? I go through spurts. I’ll take apart all my decorative "stuff" in the kitchen and redo it again. It takes me forever, but sometimes, I just need a new, fresh, look in the kitchen. And, with kitchen accessories, we can get a new look anytime we want. Here are a few accessories that will freshen everything up quick and easy.First, I’m wild about these little disc plate hangers I spotted on decor8, when my jaw dropped at the perfection of the concept! It makes me want to go out and start hunting for lots of plates. I love how these plates are hung in such a modern way, too. Here’s your source for them, DISChangers.com. How, absolutely, awesome, are these?? Next, I want you to take a look at another fresh idea, from Design Public. Design Public happens to have a great collection of hip ideas for your walls.These decorative wall art ideas are usually seen in other rooms of the home, but who cares? Be innovative and inc
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I went to a serious, very serious (no smile is on my face) art gallery in New York City over last weekend. As I walked around, a thought occurred to me…"I can do this too!" As I walked and gazed (seriously) at the images before me, I knew I had to talk to you, my readers, about this thought. I took 8 of MY images below and added 3 of the images that were in this gallery show that I attended. I’d like you to tell me which images, below, you think were done by the artist in the show. That’s all. Maybe mine are so bad this will be a simple task, and everyone will guess correctly! Oh, the embarrassment!What’s the point here? The point, is that you have talent, perhaps unused talent, too. If these images can hang in this prestigious gallery, sometimes two or three next to each other with no space in between the white, simple, frames, a nice look, then you can enlarge your images too (or go out and take some) and hang them in your kitchen and look at them as art (which they ar
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The coffee pot! It used to be a non issue, never on the radar screen when planning a kitchen. Now, it’s absolutely a checklist issue to discuss. I’m in the middle of the kitchen design process with a client. Up to now, we had talked about having a place for his coffee/espresso maker and other small appliances, perhaps in one area of the kitchen. Sort of an appliance "center."Then, I received an email from the client saying he would like a built in coffee maker system. Shortly after, he said, "oh, let’s just put a pot on the counter, that’s good enough." I then realized that I had not told him the concept behind the built in coffee maker.It’s about convenience. Convenience is nice. It means always having a cup of coffee when you are ready. Here are the reasons why one may want to consider a built in coffee maker appliance:convenience - always ready for one cuptime saver - no more multiple steps of prep/clean up for one or two cupsinfrequent water filling,
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I haven’t really shown you any images from my trip to Copenhagen yet! I have so many….over 2,000 to be round about precise (call me obsessive, I’m guilty!) And, let’s not forget my 10 (at least) magazines too. Lots of good stuff. Don’t get me diamonds, just get me a Scandinavian interior design magazine! (I didn’t really say that, right?) Speaking of good stuff, I went a little crazy with taking lots of images of this very soft, romantic, Scandinavian style that everyone loves so much. I found this wonderful style (so much style) in some very special antique stores, Atelier September and Fil de Fer. I have shared these particular images with Desire To Inspire, my good blogging buddies, because they have featured one of the stores before and I thought they would enjoy them, a fresh look from being IN the stores. I think they enjoyed them so much that they are doing a feature today AND featuring more, and different, images tomorrow! What’s missing is the kitchen! The apartm
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