In sharing housing, the kitchen is the center. Everyone has to eat. Few people have the money to eat all their meals out. So how do you share a kitchen?
The easiest is to have separate food. This avoids conflict around shopping, meals, cooking, meal times, tastes, guests, money, etc. The refrigerator can be divided so that each person has their section of the fridge. Shelves and cabinets assigned to different people.
Some prefer to have meals together. It’s communal, it builds relationships. On the practical side, when you share food, you also share the basic tasks of shopping, cooking and cleaning. By sharing, you simplify. For instance in a house of five adults, one person can cook one night and also do the dishes. That means that for four nights dinner is made and dishes cleaned for you. It can also save money, since you can buy in bulk.
Which is better? Depends on what you want.
What good sharing kitchen arrangements do you know?
