Some of my favorite memories revolve around the family kitchen. My Mom calls our family 'kitchen people'.

I'd like to see everyone use their imagination and post something around the topic 'In and around the kitchen'. It could be a family gathering, kitchen utensils, or your favorite chef in his kitchen.

I'll post a couple of examples in the next post.

I don't consider myself a good photographer, but I'll do my best in the judging.

Good luck.......................Paul

Challenge Starts: NOW

Challenge Ends: Saturday, June 12th @ 12-noon server time.

The fine print....
1. Post ONE photo (max 1024x1024).
2. The photo must portray an interpretation of the theme.
3. Post your single picture in this thread, and explain what motivated you to take the picture and/or how you feel it represents the weekly theme (especially if it's not obvious).
4. The challenge is interactive. Any response is welcome.
5. The judge will pick the WINNERS and choose 1 of them to be the judge for the next week.
6. This challenge runs for 7 days plus a day for the judge to choose the winners.
7. Any Pentax camera will do or a Samsung DSLR.
8. Pictures can be from any time frame, not just within the week of the current theme.

Previous Challenge Subjects:
1-Statues, 2-Wheels, 3-Speed, 4-Peace, 5-Survival, 6-Macro, 7-Mountains, 8-Children, 9-Post Processing, 10- Windows & Doors, 11-Sport, 12-Urban Landscape, 13-Wisdom, 14-Power, 15-Music, 16-Pathways, 17-Lines, 18-Storm, 19-Boats, 20-Water, 21 - Golden Hour, 22 - Natural Lighting, Portraits, 23-Motion Blur, 24-Simplicity, 25-Color, 26-Cars, 27-Repetition, 28-Wildlife, 29-Epiphany, 30-Contrast, 31-Pets, 32-Landscapes, 33-Coastal, 34-Churches, 35-Bridges, 36-Creation, 37-Still Life: Food, 38-At the Zoo, 39-Wide Aperture, 40-Merry Christmas, 41- Sunsets, 42-Action, 43-Fireworks, 44-Manipulated Light Portraits, 45- Advertising/Product Shot, 46- B&W Street Shooting, people/buildings, 47-Vanishing Point, 48-Reflection, 49-Tranquility, 50-Expressions, 51-S Curve, 52-Hands, 53-Shadows, 54-Your Favorite Beverage, 55-Barriers, 56-Perspective, 57-Night Scenes, 58-Zen-like...Water and Stone 59-Modern architecture, 60-Sunrises, 61-Red, 62-Action on water, 63-Bodies in Motion, 64-Ruins, 65-Blue and green, 66-Iridescence, 67-Anthropomorpha, 68–Sound, 69-Backlight, 70-Group Shot, 71-Railway Scenes, 72-Technology, 73-Color on Color, 74-History, 75-Autumn/Harvest 76-working men and women, 77-Silhouettes, 78 Stranger Portrait, 79-Transportation, 80 - Lonely, 81 - Holidays, 82 - Toys 'n Games, 83 - Machines, 84 - Ice, 85 - Cats, 86 - Stories, 87 - Cultures, 88 - Absence, 89 - Weather, 90 - Old roads, 91 - The River, 92 - The Seventies, 93 - Beautiful Bokeh, 94 - Balance, 95 - Crop a miniature landscape, 96 - Opposing gravity, 97- Feet, 98 - Sacred Grounds, 99 - Extraordinarily Ordinary, 100-added textures, 101-still life, 102-bicycles, 103 - Broken, 104- Flowers (B&W), 105 Backlighting, 106-Water. 107-Wind, 108-Parent/Child candids, 109-Passion, 110-Events, 111-Streets, 112-The Aged, 113-Fire and Heat, 114-Nature vs. Culture, 115 - Letters or Numbers, 116 - Self-Portrait, 117 - The Tree, 118 - Minimalism, 119 - Rust, 120 - Before & After, 121 - Negative Space, 122 - Decay & Dereliction, 123 - Cold, 124 - Melancholy, 125 - The Element of Time, 126 - Public Transportation, 127 - Yin Yang, 128 - Sepia or Dual Tone, 129 - Hand Coloring, 130 - Light Trails, 131-Once in a lifetime, 132 - Moms & Motherhood, 133 - Beautiful Blur, 134 - B&W Abstract, 135 - History, 136 - In and around the kitchen.

[Oldschool]

Here are a couple of examples:

Prep for one of our holiday meals.....



My favorite pizza place with a 12' X 16' brick oven.....

[Bramela]

I will go with a food theme:

[Tamia]

All-Clad

[Jimbow007]

And only 400 calories.

[Oldschool]

Just a friendly bump. Let's see more entries.

[atupdate]

This is about the only food related shot I have.



Tim

[RollsUp]

Peerless.

[Jools]

I hope this conforms to the rules but it was taken in the kitchen prior to boiling the hamhocks and tossing in the tomatoes and spices.
Took this a while back. Thanks for looking.

[casil403]

Yin and Yang....a couple of nifty kitchen bowls and some dried black and navy beans.

Had this one in my head a long time before I finally decided to shoot it one day.

[bbluesman]

In keeping with Lisa's Asian flavor...

Clean Chopsticks


Draining

[Stratman]

A really LARGE kitchen....

[Jools]

Very nice cuisinary photographs... Just love it.
You look at these pix for too long and you get hungry.
Anyways, bring them on. Great subject.

Here's my wife's cheese bread. Nothing like home-made goodness.

[mtroute]

my favorite kitchen smell...

[bbluesman]

Stove Stainless Pink Lentils