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johnnygreystudios
Apr 25, 20102 min read
A Mid-Century Modern Alice
Johnny recently wrote about about Alice in Wonderland’s imaginary kitchen and asked for ideas inspired by this theme.
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johnnygreystudios
Mar 12, 20102 min read
Function follows food
“Cooking is an art. By art I mean a lot of creativity and some necessary chaos. Food is a natural product and whatever is natural comes...
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johnnygreystudios
Mar 5, 20103 min read
Alice in Wonderland’s imaginary kitchen
Imaginary kitchen - what kind of kitchen Lewis Carroll’s and his illustrator would have made for Alice...
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johnnygreystudios
Feb 10, 20102 min read
Why do most kitchens look the same? Thoughts for the industry Part II*
I think the kitchen industry – and kitchen designers – have to own up. The kitchens most people end up with look depressingly similar....
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johnnygreystudios
Dec 16, 20092 min read
A new approach to luxury in the kitchen
Various adjectives can be used to describe our kitchens: luxury, high-end, custom, bespoke, top-of-the-line, premium...
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johnnygreystudios
Nov 26, 20092 min read
Thanksgiving every night
In recent years, I’ve noticed that the media seems to focus on how to survive this event, rather than celebrate it. What should be an...
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johnnygreystudios
Sep 15, 20091 min read
Cooking with kids, Australian style
Australia is having a world first with a programme for creating kitchens – with veggie gardens – for 191 primary schools with the goal of...
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johnnygreystudios
Aug 31, 20092 min read
A kitchen renaissance to the East
During a recent trip to Shanghai, walking through an open site of a high rise development, I was both confronted and confounded by a...
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johnnygreystudios
Jul 22, 20092 min read
Review: The Hoosier Cabinet in kitchen history
This title by Nancy Hiller is must read for anyone interested in American kitchens.
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johnnygreystudios
Jul 6, 20092 min read
Wonderfully worn.
No, I’m not thinking of old clothes, or those Van Gogh boots that have become such old friends they can’t be thrown out. Instead, I was...
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johnnygreystudios
May 5, 20092 min read
A taste of cooking with kids
We’ve recently been in touch with chef Dorette Snover, founder and owner of C’est Si Bon cooking school based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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johnnygreystudios
Apr 20, 20092 min read
Goodbye minimalism, hello personal authenticity
Cast iron casserole with wooden handle first made by Iitala in 1960. Once celebrated on a Finnish postage stamp. Combining design...
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johnnygreystudios
Apr 10, 20091 min read
Kitchens Where Every Last Detail Is Weighed and Measured - Washington Post April 10, 2009
Grey’s unconventional kitchens are a radical departure from conventional American ones. They feature jazzy colors, original artwork...
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johnnygreystudios
Mar 5, 20091 min read
Tips for a Heavenly Jumble in Your Kitchen - Washington Post March 5, 2009
Washington Post article - Tips for a Heavenly Jumble in Your Kitchen
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johnnygreystudios
Jan 30, 20093 min read
Figuring out the kitchen table
A scene from Spielberg’s Artificial Intelligence. While the situation seems perfectly normal on the surface, the kitchen table ...
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