What's That Smell In The Kitchen Essay

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    bottom, he regretted not wearing his slippers since the floor was cobbled and rough. He stubbed his toe on a stone. 'Ouch! ' Inside the kitchen was snug and warm where the oven had been left on all day. Oh, the wonderful home-cooked smells! Dried herbs hung from wooden beams and filled the room with the scent of rosemary and sage. Mixed in with this was the smell of freshly baked bread. Some claimed Mrs Mousetail was the best home cook this side of the county, but in fact, she was the best cook in

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    The smell of fresh herbs filled the air around her as the sun shone down on her back, a sense of tranquility fell upon her in the lush, backyard garden. A soft tune could be heard from inside the house where the radio played. Tante Lou hummed along to the music while she snipped off sprigs of parsley to use in the meal she is preparing for her nephew, Grant, and his guest. Today was a special day. It’s the first time Tante Lou is meeting her nephew’s girlfriend, Vivian, and she wants to make a wonderful

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    Johnny in the room crying. "Little Johnny what's the matter, I said as I stood outside his bedroom door". But little Johnny didn’t respond. He didn’t even bother to look up at me, so I walked out and went on to wash the clothes. A few hours later, little Johnny came downstairs to the kitchen where I was cooking some white rice and beans for Master Lee and said " Hi Patty, I'm sorry for ignoring you earlier". Oh, Johnny don’t you worry it's ok I said, but "what's the matter"? Johnny began to stutter,

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    I used to think that dolls were nothing except perfect little pieces of glass. I didn’t really care for me as much as my mother did, but soon enough...every look, every word, every sound started to run my life. It all started on September 11, 1962 on a sweet seemingly perfect day, there were no clouds to be seen and I was sitting inside in my little black and gold chair that I got for my birthday. I would sit in the chair and stare out the window waiting for my mama to get home. I sat there for

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    but my grandmother was already on her way. I sat in the kitchen sipping on my cup looking out the window. The sky had grown gray and I felt the hairs on my back stand up. My grandmother returned to the kitchen with eyes of sadness that stared at me as she stood under the arch. She tried to say something but no words were produced. “Is something wrong I said asked?” I had said as got up from my seat and made my way to the entrance of the kitchen. “Your mother is on the phone. She, she wants to talk

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    woman is standing in her kitchen, cooking dinner for her husband and her three children. She has many things on her mind other than food: her children, her health, her life. During her distraction, the bread that she had put in the oven to toast begins to burn and it smells of smoke in the kitchen. She desperately pulls the pan out of the oven and begins to fan the bread, hoping that her husband in the living room does not smell it. Her husband enters the kitchen, smells the remnants of the smoke

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    How about outdated linoleum in the kitchen? Time for a change! Focus on upgrading items rather than a massive overhaul. If it helps, think like a prospective buyer — which you will be once you sell your current home. Here’s a helpful exercise: walk in your front door as if for the first time and take notes about what catches your eye — ugh, those scratched-up hall closet doors. The powder-room toilet with the cracked seat. Kitchen faucets from two decades ago. A dysfunctional ceiling

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    Steam billowed from what seemed like a hole in the wall to reveal sweating cooks cooking up a feast for the guests attending. She leaned in from the frame of the door to get a better look and was instantly hit with the smell of the most amazing food in her life. Spices from the caribbean, cream from the premium cows and the thickest, most pure chocolate syrup ever imagined. She was practically drooling down onto her shoes before a waiter crashed into her shoulder and in

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    before my eyes. I was hoping for this moment to end. The smell of weed and cigs filled the air. It was a beautiful day outside and yet all I could hear was cars and buses rushing by. This is how I knew no one would hear my cry for help. Beep Beep Beep!!! Goes my alarm. It was time for school. Stuck in my bed not wanting to move from this warm comfortable spot, I started digging at the crust in the corners of my eyes. The smell of bacon filled the air in my room pushing me out of the

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    What’s Wrong With My Arm? When I woke up this morning I felt a presentiment and before I know it my left arm was numb! It just started out as malaise like then bam numbness! I was so surprised by this I became maladroit! I called my ancillary friend Matt to help me figure out what was going on with my arm. At first Mike thought I was trying to be skullduggery towards him. After I told him I wasn’t tricking him, he rushed over to help! Mike was trying to atone for his mistake by bringing soup with

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