Grand Castle Kitchen with Copper Pots

Copper pots and ladles hang in rows from an iron rack beneath the vaulted stone ceiling of a grand castle kitchen, a wood-fired hearth glowing at the center of the room. A woman in an apron kneads dough at a long wooden table crowded with bowls of eggs, flour, and vegetables, while baskets of carrots, onions, and leeks sit beneath the table. Other kitchen workers tend the fire, arrange jars on tall pantry shelves, and lay out fresh bread and pastries on a side table near sacks of grain. Bunches of dried herbs hang from the walls beside racks of pottery bowls and jugs, and tall arched windows let daylight into the stone hall. The abundance of cookware, produce, and busy figures fills this medieval kitchen with color and activity.