Or perhaps they do so simply because he is out of the kitchen.

At the far end of the kitchen was a door.

So how do you make the most of a small kitchen?

There was a large table against the wall of the kitchen next to the door.

He turned and went back into the heat of the kitchen.

She started for the door on the other side of the kitchen, then stopped.

There is a phone on the wall of the kitchen.

There is a home office at one end of the kitchen.

During the hour he'd spent in the cool of the kitchen the season had changed.

The man was standing inside the remains of the kitchen.