Items that should be in the kitchen if you have guests at least sometimes

Yes, you can offer bottled water to customers, but generally it is expensive and not environmentally friendly. And you can add lemon and cucumber slices, rosemary and mint to your pitcher – it will be tasty, beautiful and relieve dehydration. Many people prefer very cold drinks, so make sure you keep plenty of ice in the refrigerator, especially during the hot season.

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Whether your guests have brought a clinking treat or you’ve invited them in for a glass or two of kombucha, make sure you have a convenient, safe and efficient way to open any container.

You’ll probably have guests helping you in the kitchen, so keep some pretty aprons and plenty of dish towels on hand so they don’t get their fancy clothes dirty. Is it worth specifying that aprons and towels must be clean.

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…or another round of snacks that your group loves and that you can organize quickly if needed. Let there be a menazhnitsa (divided dish) and a garnish – nuts, a jar of olives, salty pretzels, grapes. If we return to the cheese plate, the proven scheme of its basic composition is as follows: cottage cheese with additives (herbs, paprika), cheese in brine, cheese with white mold, blue cheese, mature cheese with paste hard. And don’t forget the skewers and a separate knife for each soft cheese.

It may seem trivial, but sponges remain one of the main breeding grounds for bacteria. Sure, they can be sanitized, but it’s much nicer to let customers know that everything in the kitchen is clean and well-maintained. And if they want to do the dishes, even more!

It’s good if you have a coffee machine, but if you don’t, you should have ground and instant coffee, sugar and sweeteners, cow’s milk and vegetable milk in your kitchen. Everyone’s dietary restrictions and tastes are different, and covering the entire spectrum isn’t that difficult.

At a minimum – Type C and Lighting, but it’s good if there is also miniUSB, or even USB – just in case.

You can ask it to set a timer, clarify a recipe, read the weather: voice assistants are essential for all of this. And you definitely need it in the kitchen to order the songs one by one!

We also told you what to do if it’s like this in the kitchen, it’s good that the guests don’t leave at all – read How to send away a guest who overstays without arguing: a tip from a psychologist