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I love how the typical contents of a kitchen around the world are a real reflection on that culture. Here in the UK you can always find an electric kettle, without question. In Italy a Moka pot. In Japan a rice cooker. It says a lot about what’s important to people. It’s only really in the US that you see such a proliferation of hyper-specific kitchen gadgets. Smoothie maker, waffle maker, electric egg poacher, vegetable spiralizer… I don’t know if that says anything about American culture, or just that you guys have really big kitchens.

We often do have really big kitchens, but it’s more about us being sold the idea of having whatever we want, whenever we want it, and there’s a gadget for that. Although, I will say, in most American kitchens I’ve seen have, at least, a toaster oven. Possibly an air fryer. Those both are pretty common here.