bon appetit!

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Today's one word photo prompt is "kitchen". Perfect word for this time of year. During the holidays the kitchen becomes the center of activity.  Cooking, gathering, celebrating, eating. Family recipes handed down and shared. Little ones with flour covered fingers waiting to lick the beaters clean. Warmth radiating from the oven. Laughter unfurling as many hands make light work of dirty dishes. The sound of glasses clinking as toasts are being made.  Mom's apron.  Nana's tattered index cards of handwritten recipes in that familiar tin box. Beauty in the prosaic.  The moments that bind us together as family and friends.

I myself will be spending many hours in my kitchen today prepping for tomorrow's Thanksgiving meal. Recipes handed down from generation to generation, will now simmer on my stove top. Familiar smells of my childhood will permeate my kitchen as my little ones will watch me as I once watched my mom when I was their age.  Traditions, food, family, life, love.

Julia Child, one of the masters of the kitchen, may have put it best, "Find something you are passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it."

Today lets combine our passion for photography and Julia's passion for food and share an image of your kitchen here.

"BON APPETIT!"

(kitchen images above from the Shutter Sisters photo pool on Flickr. *don't forget to tag your images #shuttersisters)

Comments

[Anne]

No Thanksgiving in the Netherlands but "Sinterklaas" this time of year. I baked "pepernoten" with my girls but had no time to take a lot of pictures.
But a while ago I made these little hedgehog cookies with them and my mum to celebrate autumn: http://www.circusedgar.blogspot.nl/2012/10/wij-bakken-zelf.html

[Becs]

Photography and cooking, two of my favourite things! Love the images above, gorgeous.
Here's my kitchen photo:
http://www.catchingsundust.com/2012/11/52-intentional-photos-week-6.html

[Krista]

Sadly, I have never taken very many shots in my kitchen. The light is usually not very desirable. Maybe it is something I will have to look at differently.

[Julie Alvarez]

I loooove being in the kitchen.
Thanks for including my photo.
Here are a few others that I like:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/7725867076/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/5677937867/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/5361029301/

[Debra]

The making of food and the taking of pictures -- two things I adore and that go great together! I'm finding that as much as I love the "beauty shot" of a perfectly staged and presented culinary creation, I may love the messier, more real-to-life in-progress shots, like this one, even more.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/manifeisty/7957895818/in/photostream

[Leslie]

I have missed baking this summer, so I very much enjoyed yesterday in the kitchen, baking pies for Thanksgiving. I also made our favorite baked cranberry sauce...yum!

http://flic.kr/p/dv5Ddz
http://flic.kr/p/dv5MvD

[Alexandra]

Trying to cut down on the amount of cooking I've had to do recently - It's not thanksgiving here in Canada but it is Essay and 20 page term paper season! Just trying to make some easy comfort food - didn't quite work yesterday...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/alxleask/8203576371/in/photostream/

[Tracie]

I adore this mosaic of goodness. I love how traditions and smells give comfort. I love this very much.

[journeyswithasimplegirl]

i love this collection of images. thank you for inspiring me to pull out my apron today!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/journeyswithasimplegirl/8206940414/in/photostream

[Jeanne]

I've been in the kitchen all day today! Here are a couple shots of the rolls I made:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeamac/8207426506/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeamac/8206337161/

[melody]

Happy Thanksgiving, Kristin!

I so love your cooking, food, kitchen images...always! And this is a lovely set.