Mexican kitchen essentials you’ll find in every home

Published January 15, 2025

My father just moved into a small, rent-controlled apartment. My uncle gave us a quick video tour of it, and though it’s inexpensive, I think it’s quite nice. The kitchen is what impressed me the most: storage cabinets lined the walls above and below. There was also a refrigerator, stove with an oven, a microwave, and a nice, deep double-basin sink.

I bet you can regulate hot and cold water, and that the pressure is great, too.

My dad, of course, will not occupy even a fourth of the kitchen storage space; like a sizable number of people in the US, he does not cook.

Pan the camera down a few hundred miles, and you’ll find some very different looking kitchens. Though they might be sparsely occupied by on the furniture and storage front — I’ve seen plenty with a single sink and nothing else — there’s a lot going on in them.

So, what will you find in a Mexican kitchen?

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