Kris Steinnes

Let s learn how to set up a living, loving kitchen. A living kitchen pulsates with the rhythms of a woman s life. A living kitchen burns brightly when we blend up a new dressing or taste a pungent virgin olive oil. The air in a living kitchen actually tastes good, still spiced from last night s creation. Plants inhabit this kitchen, breathing moist newness into the nooks and crannies of shelves and cupboards. A wooden cutting board is stained magenta from chopping beets whose brightness now belongs to the inside of a child s belly. This living kitchen is a sacred space a hearth and a temple where we have the potential to create the nourishment that supports life within us and for others. It is an altar to the mundane, corporeal, visceral body that radiates light and power. There is no room more powerful in a home than a turned-on woman s kitchen.