One thing I noticed in many North American houses is how the kitchen is "open" directly to the living room/dining room/etc. It seems that most houses do not hav

One thing I noticed in many North American houses is how the kitchen is "open" directly to the living room/dining room/etc. It seems that most houses do not have doors that you can keep the kitchen closed while cooking and open the windows inside the kitchen to air it out, while preventing contamination into the rest of the house.