"In a kitchen that was closed off, usually I can have my music blasting," says chef and food writer Amethyst Ganaway. "Not that we’re not going to have more fun, but there’s a lot more opportunity just to be more relaxed." But music aside, Ganaway prefers to work in an open kitchen, as she did at both Frenchish in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Steel Magnolias in Valdosta, Georgia." - Jaya Saxena