If you've ever been to a holiday party hosted by friends or family, there's a good chance the kitchen is the place to be. But what is it about a room that features, likely, few comforts that seems to draw in the action at holiday parties — or really, any party? That doesn't mean the kitchen is becoming more fundamentally democratic, he wrote in an academic paper, noting that men are likely selectively entering the kitchen on their own terms. A transplant from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Smith has attended East Coast-style kitchen parties his whole life and helps keep the tradition alive in British Columbia with his band, Maritime Kitchen Party. Maritime kitchen parties are a cultural phenomenon unique to the region, known as both spontaneous and intimate.

Source: CBC News December 30, 2018 18:56 UTC