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[[File:Egyptian kitchen Berlin 1.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px|Figure 1. Model from Egypt, found in a wealthy tomb, showing a food preparation scene. ]]
Few places in a home today in many countries are as important or symbolic for our social bonds than the kitchen. More than just a place to prepare mealsIn almost every culture, the kitchen represents serves not only as the place where we often also food is prepared, but serves as a social hub for families and friends. Humans develop deep social bonds with family and friendsin their kitchen. The kitchen does not simply provide for our daily nutrition but also helps to reinforce our social character.Whether humans are cooking around a fire or chopping vegetables on a granite countertop, they are also interacting with one another.
==Early History==