Kitchens are our best defence
Food politics is suddenly at the top of many agendas, in discussions about obesity, food provenance, ever-increasing worries over...
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johnnygreystudios
Mar 4, 20133 min read
Time to go veggie with Elizabeth David?
Historically, not a great many people wanted to emulate vegetarians. They were seen as cranky dinner party pests, also sentimental,...
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johnnygreystudios
Feb 18, 20133 min read
A writer’s kitchen table
Andrew Solomon’s new book Far From the Tree: Children and the Search for Identity is book of the week on BBC Radio 4 and all over the...
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johnnygreystudios
Jan 17, 20133 min read
The re-enchantment of the kitchen
‘Enchantment’ is a slightly quaint word to use in connection with kitchen design. When recently judging the Kitchen Bedroom and Bathroom ...
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johnnygreystudios
Dec 8, 20123 min read
Mess please. While I'm talking kitchens, others philosophise it..
Messy kitchens, happy living? I think so. The first time I go into a house the sight of the kitchen reveals much about the owner’s...
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johnnygreystudios
Oct 27, 20121 min read
Fine Homebuilding describes Johnny as hero of home building
Nancy Hiller, distinguished USA cabinet maker and author, writes about Johnny in the Tailgate column in the October edition of Fine...
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johnnygreystudios
Oct 5, 20123 min read
War on curves
Defending my use of curves in kitchen design has become a habit over the years. Many consider them to be an expensive luxury, hard to...
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johnnygreystudios
Sep 10, 20124 min read
The Creative Index & the First Degree Course in Kitchen Design
I developed the Kitchen Creative Index as a checklist for the kitchen industry to offer more creativity to customers, as I believe they...
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johnnygreystudios
Jul 25, 20123 min read
3G Home of the Future
It’s not mobile internet but a home that can bring families together, three generations in one property. The USA recorded 41 million such...
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johnnygreystudios
May 18, 20123 min read
A Brief Anthropology Of Central Islands
Kitchen islands are a relatively recent invention. They first appeared in 1950s USA as a way of filling up newly expanded kitchen spaces....
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johnnygreystudios
Apr 26, 20125 min read
Psychology of the Kitchen
This is a draft for an article commissioned by Country Life for their March 21st 2012 edition. The news section features a link with the...
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johnnygreystudios
Mar 16, 20121 min read
Kitchen with the Garden in Mind.
Come and join me for a presentation and discussion about how the kitchen and garden can be planned as good friends, as opposed to distant...
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johnnygreystudios
Mar 6, 20121 min read
Kitchen Conversations
LIVE IN LONDON SERIES The small and stylish Pimlico café Tomtom is the venue for my first ‘kitchen conversation’ with anyone who wants to...
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johnnygreystudios
Jan 16, 20122 min read
A woman builder, please?
I am always a soft touch for reading American settler stories and viewing well-crafted, self-built houses. Nancy Hiller links together an...
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johnnygreystudios
Dec 9, 20112 min read
The Table Comes First: Family life does not start with a sofa
Adam Gopnik, the New Yorker’s roving food writer, has just written the most lively and enjoyable food book of the year, The Table Comes...
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