Kitchen and Dining Room
Introduction
The dining room designates a space or place in which people gather to eat food, whether breakfast, lunch, dinner or snack. There may be one or more dining rooms in a house, building, company, hotel, office or school. Depending on the place, the service and the products offered by the dining room, it may change its name: restaurant or cafeteria, but it serves the same purpose.
The dining room is an extension of the kitchen "Kitchen (room)") and is generally located close to it, in order to serve diners well, and to carry and bring without difficulty the utensils necessary for eating food: plates, cutlery, tablecloths, pots with food, jugs, napkins, etc. Sometimes, to take advantage of space, the kitchen and dining room are in the same place.
Likewise, depending on the property in which the dining room is located, it can be large or small, and have one or more designer dining tables and chairs where diners sit; as well as with specialized equipment (kitchen, utensils, furniture, ventilation, etc.) and personnel (waiters, cooks, etc.) to meet the nutritional needs of the people who frequent the dining room.
The dining room is not only a space, the furniture that makes it up is in fact what we know as a dining room: a table, and at least one chair. In general, any space where you can eat on furniture that can perform the function such as tables and chairs can also be called a dining room. Other complementary furniture in the dining room is a carver, buffet or buffet, that is, a piece of furniture normally with drawers, doors and compartments where tablecloths, tableware, cutlery, etc. are generally stored. And a display case where decorative objects such as vases or plates are displayed. The rest of the dining room space can be decorated with paintings, curtains, tapestries, rugs, lights, etc.
The material with which dining room furniture is made is varied and also depends on the type of place: hotel, school, office, etc.: wood, plastic, polyurethane, metal, wicker, rattan. These materials allow them to be placed outdoors or indoors. The decoration of the furniture and the color also depends on the location, taste and purpose of the dining room. But, in general, it should create a welcoming and, above all, comfortable and functional environment.
History
In the Middle Ages and until the end of the century, temporary and removable tables were installed where guests were received, using trays placed on trestles, hence the expression "dresser la table". In the 19th century, the royal table continued to be set (in the queen's antechamber, for example), with the "French service" (dishes displayed all at once on a large table where the guests came to serve themselves). Normally, among the nobles, meals were taken in the antechambers or cabinets, while the rest of the population ate in the field, in the kitchen or by the fire in the common room. From the 19th century onwards, in the cities, where previously the bourgeoisie ate in the bedroom or in the main room, the kitchen was moved to the upper floor and a ceremony room was dedicated to meals.[1][2].