I’d much rather look at a pretty dining table than the side of a kitchen island.” —Isabel Burton, Brooklyn, N.Y. “Our house ...

unlike a farmhouse table, work tables will often have drawers and even a shelf to provide storage. Newly crafted work tables (and now “kitchen islands” made to look like these antique tables ...

Deborah Sugg Ryan, TV presenter and Professor Emerita of Design History at the University of Portsmouth, said: “There’s nothing new about kitchen islands, and the idea goes back to the humble ...

Earlier this year, the farm and hospital ... Other Long Island health systems are finding ways to bring fresh fruits and vegetables to hospital trays and kitchen tables, through partnerships ...

Kitchen islands are a modern status symbol ... creating a far more casual and intimate setting than a formal dining table ever could. Some islands serve as tables themselves, an informal place ...

For many, that’s a classic kitchen table. Said design-firm principal Mélanie Cherrier of Blanc Marine Intérieurs in Montreal, “A giant island can remove all the soul from the kitchen.” ...