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A kitchen is a room in a home where food is prepared and cooked. Kitchens matter because they are essential spaces for daily life, where people prepare meals for themselves and their families.
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thumb|upright=1.2|An early-20th century Art Nouveau-style kitchen in [[Riga]]
A kitchen is a room or part of a room used for cooking and food preparation in a dwelling or in a commercial establishment. A modern middle-class residential kitchen is typically equipped with a stove, a sink with hot and cold running water, a refrigerator, and worktops and kitchen cabinets arranged according to a modular design. Many households have a microwave oven, a dishwasher, and other electric appliances. The main functions of a kitchen are to store, prepare and cook food (and to complete related tasks such as dishwashing). The room or area may also be used for dining (or small meals such as breakfast), entertaining and laundry. The design and construction of kitchens is a huge market all over the world.