A gourmet kitchen with a smart, state-of the-art culinary setup, is just one way to enjoy a fantastic culinary experience – especially if you’re a “foodie”. It makes little difference as to whether you are a professional or aspiring chef, someone who entertains often, or a career person who simply finds comfort and relaxation preparing meals for yourself and your family. In fact, having a well organized kitchen with plenty of pantry and cabinet storage along with spacious, sturdy countertops for food preparation may not be an absolute requirement, but it can certainly transform a sometimes regarded “chore” into a pleasurable solo, or shared meditative moment.
Having a gourmet kitchen setup can also serve as the centerpiece for sharing traditions, or passing a family’s culinary heritage down to the next generations. Answers to some of the questions asked in a OnePoll and Bosch Home Appliances survey touching on how family’s and friends spend their time together, could suggest that shared culinary experiences are still very much present, and sometimes, all that is remains of an Americanized family’s heritage and traditions.
If more than 400 hours each year are spent in the kitchen (according to the survey just mentioned) each year, and I’d suspect, prospectively more than double or triple that if you have a large family or entertain often, then it seems reasonable that a gourmet kitchen could be a worthwhile investment to consider – especially given that a kitchen remodel that is planned and executed properly, almost always pays for itself, in the price value of your home. The meditative value felt from the tranquility, unity and uplifting energy gained as you bridge connections between family, food, fun and traditions in gourmet kitchen setting, however, is in its most majestic purity, absolutely priceless!
One of the fantastic things about a “gourmet kitchen” remodel is that the term is fairly universal. In other words, it is not confined to a specific style of cabinets, or countertops, appliances, floors or lighting. The term is more defining of a roomy, well laid out kitchen space that encompasses high-end quality workmanship and materials. The style of your kitchen space can be as traditional or as far out there as you can imagine – and that’s perfectly OK.
Your kitchen, gourmet or otherwise, where culinary experiments and conquests are performed; where your children and grandchildren observe and learn their heritage; and where family and friends celebrate, laugh, and make long-lasting memories is how dreams become a reality, and what could possibly be more gourmet and meditative than culinary experience such as that!
