prep time

Having a place for things in one's kitchen certainly helps with prep time.
My Alessi cruet sits to the right of my stove since I am right handed and serves me well when I am preparing food.  Fresh sea salt and black pepper sit there waiting for a pinch or a grind.
The lovely mushroom topped canister was given to me by a dear friend long before my kitchen renovation began.  It is empty now but I just love having it out.

Time to re-fill the extra virgin olive oil, vinegar, sel & poivre along with tucking utensils bak into 

drawers and vessels.  Knives, mits, tongs, spatulas, wooden spoons and graters are all ready for a good holiday workout.  Having these items all at the ready do aid in speeding up prep time.  Now to get back to my artwork.  I think I need the same sort of set up once I can move into my new studio.

Is your kitchen ready for a holiday workout?  How do you handle prep time when it comes to meals?
I look forward to sharing my orderly baking cabinet stocked to bake holiday treats.

faux real

Can you imagine these are "faux" real?

My son came home with a bunch of friends and one boy asked if the fruit was "for real?"

My son replied, no, we eat faux fruit here, it is much tastier and never goes bad.

Gotta love teens!

Love to win these sunny silk "faux fleurs" to add to my kitchen.

They are created by these lovely ladies which this...

blogger posted so graciously posted about. Sophie Dahy is going to select a winner and you can select your favorite bunch with $300 to spend. How good is that?

Welcome to my kitchen which is a popular spot for our family as well as bunches of sunny flowers and friends. The cabinets are original, the floor is a silver laminate and the walls are bright green. A complete renovation is on the calendar for Spring 2010.

I plan to post all about it as it has been a long process to get to this point and all seems truly not "for real."