Perhaps most important, Alexis organized the space by moving the refrigerator to the same wall as the pantry, giving us more counter space on the sink-and-stove side, where it would be useful for prepping ingredients.
Two things I know for sure: because the cooking process is swift for many Chinese dishes, ingredients need to be tidily organized and stove-side before the flame is ignited.
Speaking as someone who is sick to death of buying yet more cardamom only to get home to learn that three identical jars already lurked stove-side, I say yes.
Novices serve time as scullery serfs as they work toward the privilege of trailing a pastry chef or a garde-manger; seasoned workers perform unpaid drudgery in return for what amounts to a stove-side master class.
Most of the work can be done in advance, so that any sweating can be done pool-side, rather than stove-side: scones to bake and take on a picnic, chicken left to marinate until the very last moment, vegetables to roast ahead of time, and breads to be put together when the munchies kick in.
With the cherrywood man remaining where he was — apparently protecting his stove — they moved side by side, leaning together, across the kitchen, through a sparsely furnished, extremely clean living room, and out into the corridor.
The modern, light-filled kitchen has a breakfast nook, generous counter space and high-end appliances, including a gas stove and a side-by-side refrigerator.
Here means a stool at one end of the kitchen table where she is able to turn to the stove on one side, the sink on the other.
"These French Cavaillons are killer," he said, and carried them to the kitchen, a narrow galley not much longer than a surfboard, with a smooth-top stove along one side and a counter on the other.
Brown leg of lamb on top of stove on all sides.
