Is This the Future of Kitchen Design? An Evolution of Open Kitchens

Open kitchens are mainstays these days, as many Americans want homes that are airy and welcoming versus closed off and formal. But an open layout does have its downsides: namely the stinky cooking smells and noise which creep into adjoining living spaces, despite your best efforts to ignore them. Lately we've noticed European kitchens combatting this problem with a new design solution which offers all the benefits of the wide open layout, without some of its known drawbacks. And it might just be...