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where fire was domesticated and humanity stopped chewing for nine hours a day

means The room in a home or building where food is prepared and cooked.

from From Old English 'cycene,' borrowed from Latin 'coquina' or 'cocina' (a kitchen), which grew from 'coquere,' to cook — the same root that simmers under 'cook,' 'cuisine,' and 'concoct.' So the word carries heat in its bones: a cousin to nearly every cooking term in Europe, all tracing back to a Latin verb meaning simply 'to apply fire to food.'

hottest seat
more home fires start here than anywhere else
germ throne
sponges hold more bacteria than the toilet
heart marketing
realtors sell it as the home's emotional center
work triangle
sink, stove, fridge: a 1940s efficiency theory
word origin
from Latin coquina, meaning to cook
for instance

chez panisse kitchen berkeley — alice waters' famous restaurant kitchen in berkeley, california that pioneered farm-to-table cooking since 1971

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