A Used Kitchen: Traces of Cooking

A kitchen that is clearly often used for cooking. There are ongoing traces on the countertop: a wooden cutting board with knife marks holds half-cut vegetables, a good knife rests beside it, and a handmade ceramic bowl contains ingredients; on the stove, a well-used cast iron pot shows discoloration from use on its exterior. Several mismatched spatulas and a string of garlic hang on the wall. Frequently used utensils are arranged on open shelves according to frequency of use rather than aesthetics, with some pieces showing small chips in their glaze. In a corner, there's something fermenting in a jar and a bunch of fresh herbs in a cup. The countertop is not perfectly clean. Avoid: depicting the kitchen as a brand new, unused sample, storing everything inside cabinets, using matching sets of new cookware and utensils, making the countertop completely empty.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個明顯經常下廚的廚房。檯面上有正在進行的痕跡:一塊有刀痕的木砧板上放著切了一半的蔬菜、一把好刀擺在旁邊、一只手作陶碗裝著食材;爐上一口用了很久的鑄鐵鍋,外側有使用的變色。牆上掛著幾支不成套的鍋鏟與一串大蒜。開放層板上放著常用的器皿,依使用頻率而不是美觀排列,有幾件的釉面有細小的碰痕。角落有一罐正在發酵的東西與一束新鮮香草插在杯子裡。檯面不是完全乾淨的。避免:把廚房畫成全新未使用的樣品、把所有東西收進櫃體、使用成套的全新鍋具與器皿、讓檯面完全空無一物。