The traditional French kitchen is provincial by demand. Design history in general bears out the fact that the monarchs and nobility were the design pacesetters and that in most any century, the commoners followed suit by interpreting those designs through the means and supplies at hand. Hence, the provincial French kitchen bears the mark of agrarian interpretation also. Visualize a kitchen where cheese is made, meat is roughly handled and breezy curtains adorn any window and door. The French kitchen also evokes the smell of fresh bread and earthy colours.
The French are known for their love of food. This has been true always, including at home on the farm of the French countryside. Outfit the kitchen with a butcher block. Though this item was once considered essential in most kitchens it