Goodbye Kitchen! | Sybaritica

Regular readers of my blog will likely recognize the counter top, cutting board, and spice ‘rack’ as regular parts of the ‘background’ to almost all my food pictures. In less than a week, however, this kitchen will be just a memory and, I have to say, I will miss it just a little…

For those who have enjoyed my posts about Arctic life, you needn’t be alarmed that they have come to en end. Our move is a short one… just a couple of kilometers at most, and we are very much looking forward to being away from the very middle of town and in a *much* quieter area.

Although I have featured quite a few smaller northern communities in past posts, I haven’t shared very many pictures of Iqaluit. Here, though, you can see our (soon to be) old house viewed from the hill behind us (ours is the one with the red roof). Other than a couple of buildings built directly on bedrock, every structure in the North is built on pilings due to the permafrost, which would cause buildings to sink otherwise. Ours, as you can see is quite high off the ground. Our new house is also built quite far above the surface, but, there, the underneath part is all boarded around and the previous owners built a nice little workshop underneath. It will be a bit cold for actual use for much of the year, but we have also gained about double the storage space we now have, which is a plus.

I would love to be able to express to you how much I hate moving… Aside from the fact that we will now be released from having been paying two mortgages (and attendant house expenses) for almost eight months, I am not looking forward to the general stress over the next week. Half our stuff is packed and kitchen work is reduced to simple dishes mainly. Accordingly, my last ‘Experiment’ post from this kitchen has been written already and, for the next couple of weeks, all upcoming food posts will be those pre-written some time ago…

Still, despite the fact I will miss the old place, my new kitchen is pretty nice and I am really looking forward to having a new ‘backdrop’ for my food photography. Any requests or suggestions for a first meal to post about in the new surroundings?

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