A Perfectly Pragmatic, Teeny Kitchen

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( TUESDAY, APRIL 2 small spaces [A Perfectly Pragmatic, Teeny Kitchen]( A food writer on making it work in a 35-square-foot galley. Photo: Marian Bull For close to seven years now, I’ve lived in an apartment with a teeny kitchen and no countertops. Mine is a standard galley: a straight line of sink, stove, and fridge facing a hodgepodge of overstuffed shelves. The narrow strip in between mostly refuses to fit more than one person. The kitchen nearly kept me from taking the place — I am something of a hoarder and also a food writer — but the good light, the claw-foot tub, and the little half-bedroom off the actual bedroom tipped the scales, so I decided instead to retrofit my often messy cooking life into its narrow 35 square feet. Now, I ping through the space like a pinball, choreographing my desires in the few feet between cutting board and stove and sink and shelf, rehearsing a dance performed for and by one. [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now]( to save over 40% on unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [A Bold Park Avenue Penthouse for Empty Nesters They were moving from a six-story townhouse. How to make it feel like home?]( By Wendy Goodman [An Alcove Studio With a Very Greenwich Village View for $585,000 Plus a Tudor house in Kingsbridge and a Beekman Terrace studio with a lovely picture window.]( By Kim Velsey [Is It Squatter Season in New York? How a handful of alarming stories turned into a full-blown panic.]( By Bridget Read [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( [Sign up to get The Listings Edit](, a weekly digest of the most worth-it apartments in New York. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved