That evening the kitchen looked strange to her, and she was afraid.

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But Brandt also recorded what was going on below stairs: One cook writes at a table and another wearily rests her head on her hand in "Late Evening in the Kitchen" (c. 1937).

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One evening when I entered the kitchen a restlessness seized me, and when I returned from the mall I hung a second mirror in the kitchen, between the two windows.

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The evening will include private tours of the kitchen and 60, 000-plus-bottle wine cellar, as well as transport to the restaurant, some 52 miles from Barcelona, in limousines, complete with free-flowing bubbly, of course.

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The evening sky was pale and empty and the light from the kitchen window made a yellow square reflection in the darkening yard.

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Plan to eat early as the kitchen closes at 3:30 pm, although a special Tuesday evening reservation can be booked in advance for 50 euros, which includes a tour, a three-course meal and transportation to and from local hotels.

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The savvy staff has learned that communication is the key to a happy relationship, and one evening, a solicitous waiter divulged that a simple design flaw is the cause of those onerous waits: the kitchen is too small to keep up.

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