Phew. Long time no see! I’m sorry for being gone so long, but a combination of moving into a new apartment and the day job going into overdrive meant that cooking was the last thing on my mind for the last two months. But I think I may be back now!
Part of the problem I was having is that my new place has a simply pathetic kitchen. It’s very typical by NYC standards but it’s a far cry from what I’d gotten used to at my last few apartments . . . but it’s a tradeoff, like everything else about real estate. The new place is cheaper than my old one, in a “cooler” neighborhood, and a 5-minute walk to my office! All of that makes it worth the negatives, like the fact that it’s a 5th-floor walk up, tiny, and has a crappy kitchen.
What you see above is the kitchen I’ve ended up with so far, but I’m not quite done making tweaks and changes. When I first moved in here, the fridge was next to the stove (where the baker’s rack is) and there was nearly no storage space at all. Moving the fridge to the opposite wall and adding the baker’s rack has done wonders for the functionality of the space: I not only have more storage area, I also got a bit of counter space next to the stove. That space is priceless in my opinion!
I haven’t put the kitchen through it’s paces yet because of a lack of time, but with my new CSA season starting next week I can feel the cooking mojo coming back. Cooking content coming soon, pinky swear!
