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Blog tags: Kitchens Unbound
Kitchens Unbound: The International Space Station galley kitchen
How exactly do you store, prepare and eat meals in a weightless environment, 248 miles above the Earth? With a brilliantly clever kitchen of course…
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Kitchens Unbound: The Ancient Roman Kitchen
What did the Romans ever do for our kitchens? The answer is, a surprising amount…
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Kitchens Unpacked: the story of Colman’s Mustard
No kitchen store cupboard looks complete without a dash of mustard. From Norfolk to the South Pole via Nigella’s handbag, here’s the story of that brilliant, beautiful yellow…
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‘Kitchens Fit for Heroes’: The surprising brilliance of Britain’s post-war prefabs
They might not be anyone’s idea of a dream kitchen now, but these ingenious prefabs transformed lives, sometimes with remarkable consequences…
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Henry VIII’s 55-room kitchen at Hampton Court Palace
This is the concept of a ‘kitchen’ taken to the extreme – but look closely and there are some surprisingly lovely design touches…
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The Frankfurt Kitchen - the kitchen that revolutionised modern design
This ordinary-looking room still influences kitchen design a century on. We reveal its revolutionary secrets…
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Lanhydrock House - the quintessential country house kitchen
This Victorian kitchen is a perfect synthesis of craftsmanship, technology, ergonomic function and simple beauty.
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Julia Child’s home kitchen - built for real life
This kitchen is so important that it’s permanently on show at the Smithsonian and has its own HBO series. We uncover its secrets…
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The Sunderland flying boat galley kitchen - built for a high pressure life
At Naked Kitchens we like to say we make ‘bomb-proof’ kitchens, but this one takes it to a different level…
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